burly
adjective
1. muscular and heavily built
- had a tall burly frame
Similar word(s): robust, beefy, buirdly, husky, strapping
Sentences with burly as an adjective:
- He's a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
- That goal was burly.
- Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.
- 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.