portlyadjective
uk/ˈpɔːt.li/us/ˈpɔːrt.li/(especially of middle-aged or old men) fat and round:
He was a portly figure in a tight-fitting jacket and bow tie.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: fat or well-built
- ample
- baby fat
- beefy
- blubber
- broad in the beam idiom
- buxom
- chubby
- fatness
- fatten sb/sth up
- fatty
- flab
- heavyset
- husky
- meaty
- middle-age spread
- obesity
- pudgy
- puppy fat
- rotund
- well built
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