beefier; beefiest
1
a
: heavily and powerfully built
a beefy football player
b
: substantial, sturdy
beefy shock absorbers
2
a
: of or suggesting beef
a beefy flavor
b
: full of beef
a beefy steak
Examples of beefy in a Sentence
The new truck has a beefier construction than the old model.
a beefy man who worked in a warehouse all his life
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The exterior is beefy and recognizable at 100 yards.
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Each of the new classrooms maintains the roof heights of the earlier structures, and the configuration of the windows is identical, although the new units are a bit beefier to include energy-efficient double glazing with thermal breaks that the originals lacked.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
The beefier hardware comes with a bigger battery—80 WHr in the Ally X, compared to 60 WHr in the regular Ally—and that also makes the Ally X around a tenth of a pound (or 45 grams) heavier than the Ally.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
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Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Pale, skinny women in punkish black mingled comfortably with beefy men in rugged work clothes.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Each of the new classrooms maintains the roof heights of the earlier structures, and the configuration of the windows is identical, although the new units are a bit beefier to include energy-efficient double glazing with thermal breaks that the originals lacked.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
The beefier hardware comes with a bigger battery—80 WHr in the Ally X, compared to 60 WHr in the regular Ally—and that also makes the Ally X around a tenth of a pound (or 45 grams) heavier than the Ally.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beefy
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“Beefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beefy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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beefy
adjective
beefier; beefiest
1
: heavily and powerfully built
a beefy wrestler
2
: of or suggesting beef
a beefy flavor
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