burly
part of speech
adjective (burly, burlier, burliest)
meaning for a pupil
A burly person is big, strong and heavily built. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, burly men are guards, policemen, sailors or blacksmiths. In The Wind in the Willows the policemen who arrest Toad and the gaoler are burly. The word gives the reader a picture of size and strength, not fatness.
examples
- A burly policeman grabbed Toad by the collar. tree →
- The burly blacksmith lifted the anvil. tree →
- Two burly men carried the piano. tree →
- The bouncer was tall and burly. tree →
- A burly farmer opened the gate. tree →
- He had grown into a burly teenager. tree →
note
Comparative: burlier, burliest. Similar: brawny, strapping, hefty. Usually about men.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «burly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.