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单词 portliness
释义

portly

adjective

port·​ly ˈpȯrt-lē How to pronounce portly (audio)
portlier; portliest
1
: dignified, stately
2
: heavy or rotund of body : stout
portliness noun

Synonyms

  • blubbery
  • chubby
  • corpulent
  • fat
  • fleshy
  • full
  • gross
  • lardy
  • obese
  • overweight
  • plump
  • podgy [chiefly British]
  • pudgy
  • replete
  • roly-poly
  • rotund
  • round
  • tubby
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Example Sentences

a portly gentleman who clearly didn't get enough exercise walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was
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Word History

Etymology

port entry 3

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

portly

adjective

port·​ly ˈpȯrt-lē How to pronounce portly (audio)
portlier; portliest
: having a round and heavy body : somewhat fat

portliness

noun

as in obesity
the condition of having an excess of body fat the whole family was known for its portliness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • obesity
  • weight
  • pursiness
  • fat
  • adiposity
  • rotundity
  • corpulency
  • corpulence
  • fatness
  • plumpness
  • grossness
  • embonpoint
  • pudginess
  • fattiness
  • fleshiness
  • chubbiness
  • heaviness
  • bulkiness
  • stoutness
  • huskiness
  • endomorphy
  • burliness
  • brawniness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slenderness
  • leanness
  • reediness
  • slimness
  • thinness
  • fitness
  • svelteness
  • trimness
  • gauntness
  • weediness
  • skinniness
  • scrawniness
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