单词	portly
释义	portly adjective port·​ly ˈpȯrt-lē  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 See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a portly gentleman who clearly didn't get enough exercise walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was Recent Examples on the Web In Facebook groups dedicated to Texas barbecue fandom, a recently popular meme shows a portly man dancing on a stripper pole. Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022 Made of steel, the watch had in its dial a sketch of a portly man, his face framed by round glasses and his broad shoulders clad in a wide-lapelled jacket. Sonia Paul, Wired, 1 Mar. 2022 That’s when the portly orphan, who was riding in the van with her, slices off her face to wear it as his own. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022 One day, Lem held forth about H. G. Wells and Jules Verne to a portly man who turned out to run a publishing house. Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 Boyega had suggested a portly version of the young Sidney Poitier crossed with the facile charisma of the young Denzel Washington. Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2021 He was locked away to serve several life sentences, aging into a portly man with a thick white beard. New York Times, 13 June 2021 One of my favorite shots is of a portly man in a business suit, rubbing his hands together over and over, in an age-old gesture of distress. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020 Henry himself, looking more like the portly statesman of Hans Holbein’s famous portrait than a swashbuckling Renaissance man, rides in a procession at the bottom left. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2020 See More 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  portlier; portliest : having a round and heavy body : somewhat fat portly adjective 1 as in plump having an excess of body fat a portly gentleman who loved to cook for his family and friends Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance plump fat round rotund corpulent tubby pudgy full chubby stout obese husky lardy overweight thick podgy blubbery fleshy gross heavy roly-poly replete stocky heavyset burly ripe beefy thickset paunchy bulky stubby brawny chunky squat potbellied soft dumpy buxom flabby hefty weighty zaftig ample hippy plumpish endomorphic corn-fed zoftig Antonyms & Near Antonyms thin slender skinny lanky lean gaunt slim bony angular lank sinewy spare skeletal haggard rawboned cadaverous emaciated scrawny puny slight pinched svelte scraggy spindly wasted willowy weedy rangy boney reedy stringy waspish twiggy sylphlike anorexic ectomorphic spindling See More 2 as in imposing having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was Synonyms & Similar Words imposing distinguished stately dignified solemn aristocratic handsome august decorous staid distingué elegant seemly somber proper po-faced grim lordly sombre magisterial majestic noble sober grave elevated Antonyms & Near Antonyms silly goofy frivolous undignified giddy uncouth unseemly crude coarse improper flighty vulgar indecent crass See More
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