Burly

adjective

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.adjective(usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.

"He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener."

2.adjective(East End of London) Great, amazing, unbelievable.

"Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver."

3.adjective(surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

"That wave was burly! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)"

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