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Meanings of burly in English

Muscular and heavily built.

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Usage of burly in English
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The two burly soldiers looked familiar yet he couldn't quite place them.
Return of the Crimson Guard
2
I knew the burly man; he was the local smith, the blacksmith.
Pan
3
He's burly and he's hulking; he comes right up to your shins.
The Guardian
4
Sweaty burly men in photographers' vests that haven't been washed for days.
Reuters
5
For one thing, political autobiographies should be written when the hurly-burly's done.
The Irish Times
6
The guards were large and burly but looked panicked by their approach.
The buried giant
7
That will sink in and remain when all the hurly-burly is over.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2
8
Medora Phillips' house was several miles beyond the worst of the hurly-burly.
Bertram Cope's Year
9
She stood in silence now facing the burly warrior who approached her.
The Chessmen of Mars
10
A burly old chap cased in dirt clambered deliberately over the rail.
Le Petit Nord / or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour
11
The burly mail-man laughed loudly and slapped his friend on the shoulder.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
12
She felt she could have kissed the burly officer of the law.
Tom Tufton's Travels
13
He glanced for the first time at the burly figure of Bat.
The Man in the Twilight
14
Bennett opened the door to admit the burly frame of Posey Breem.
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
15
Everybody is asleep at Saint-Romans after the tremendous hurly-burly of the day.
The Nabob, Vol. 1 (of 2)
16
He stared at the burly manager like a man in a dream.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common