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burly

burly · burlier · burliest

дородный, крепкий, здоровый

kräftig

Large, well-built, and muscularLarge, well-built, and muscular.

UK/ˈbɜːli/US/bɝli/

» Those burly books were really expensive.

Meaning

4 senses

(usually)Large, well-built, and muscular.
He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
kräftig
доро́дныйdoródnyj, кре́пкийkrépkij, здоро́выйzdoróvyj
muscular and heavily built
(UK, slang)Great, amazing, unbelievable.
That goal was burly.
Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.
(US, slang)Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
That wave was burly! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)
This hike is going to be burly, but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach.
Full of burls or knots; knotty.

Examples

2 sentences

Those burly books were really expensive.
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She prefers big, burly men.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

well-built:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

well-built:

Origin

From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of u

From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *būrlīċ (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower + -ly; or from Old English *byrlīċ (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burlīh, purlīh (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”), English burgeon. However, Irish burla (“bundle, pack; burly person”) points to a different origin.

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