as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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Recent Examples of burly
Each year, the burly bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve capture global attention in a March Madness-style bracket challenge as fans pick which bear advances in each round.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Outside Beijing’s leadership compound, burly men in black tackled Yang’s mother to the ground.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Instead, a burly butcher called Mihály (Grégory Gadebois) shows up at their door, claiming to be Andor’s father.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
However, Pac wanted the original that Suge rocked around his burly neck.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Outside Beijing’s leadership compound, burly men in black tackled Yang’s mother to the ground.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Instead, a burly butcher called Mihály (Grégory Gadebois) shows up at their door, claiming to be Andor’s father.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
However, Pac wanted the original that Suge rocked around his burly neck.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burly
Adjective
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Against Sunderland, United weren’t required to stretch themselves to athletic extremes.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Even though the Dartmouth players, like other Ivy Leaguers, weren’t on athletic scholarships and didn’t play for a program known for producing NBA prospects, they were nonetheless deemed employees.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Oxygen bleach soaks—Oxygen bleach (not to be confused with chlorine bleach) is a gentle yet powerful whitening agent.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One of Lipa’s most significant attributes is the husky tone of her mezzo-soprano, lending a gritty roughness to her songs’ pop polish.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
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The star’s lower, huskier baritone voice has always made an impact in BTS’ music with the star citing the likes of Bing Crosby, Eric Benet and Ruben Studdard as inspirations.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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McAvoy and Lindholm played just 50 and 17 games, respectively; Brandon Carlo got dealt to division rival Toronto; Zadorov never quite lived up to his beefy new deal; and youngster Lohrei struggled with too heavy of a load too soon as the carnage unfolded around him.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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For an even beefier gaming machine, this one from CyberPowerPC ships with a processor that's one of the fastest gaming chips on the market, easily blowing through benchmarking in our review.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Who’d have ever thought that the mighty, roaring engines would one day rival their silent counterparts?—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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Universal Beyond its lightning-fast heat-up time, this small but mighty straightener is impressively versatile.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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People who build big and brawny machines tend to have egos to match.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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And that's how this deliciously bold, brawny Ford Nugget Terranger camper van came to be.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The hulking forward later put the game away with an empty-netter, courtesy of another nifty feed from Malkin, who was one of the game’s most impressive players and finished with two primary assists.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Its wheelbase is 20 inches longer than the 90, and 20 inches shorter than that of the hulking 130.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While the development of McCarthy is important to the Vikings this season, Wentz probably gives Minnesota the best chance to move the ball against a stout Browns defense.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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Hunter, acquired at the trade deadline last season in a move viewed at the time as fortifying an already stout roster, will likely be a mainstay in the starting lineup, at least while Strus is out.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burly. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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