"He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener."
2.AdjectiveGreat, amazing, unbelievable.
"That goal was burly.; Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver."
3.AdjectiveOf large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
"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."