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port⋅ly

  [pawrt-lee, pohrt-]
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–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
2. Archaic. stately, dignified, or imposing.
Origin:
1520–30; port 5 (n.) + -ly

Related forms:
port⋅li⋅ness, noun
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port·ly   (pôrt'lē, pōrt'-)   
adj.   port·li·er, port·li·est
  1. Comfortably stout; corpulent. See Synonyms at fat.
  2. Archaic Stately; majestic; imposing.

[From port5.]
port'li·ness n.
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portly 
1529, "stately, dignified," from port (3) "bearing, carriage" (q.v.). Meaning "stout" is first recorded 1598.
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