Synonym: brawny, strong, sturdy. Similar words: surly, curl up, curling, churlish, purloined, surliness, early, nearly. Meaning: ['bɜːlɪ] adj. muscular and heavily built.
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(1) He was a big, burly man.
(2) Three burly toughs elbowed their way to the front.
(3) It was crewed by Larsen's ten burly mates.
(4) A burly figure, tall and heavy, came towards him.
(5) Two burly men were on the doorstep.
(6) Cops happened by, two casual burly uniformed cops.
(7) Still in his physical prime, Kim was a burly man with a rolling walk and heavy-rimmed glasses.
(8) Three burly workmen duly arrived, complete with truck and mini-crane, to hoist the heavy bins into position.
(9) The burly lawyer and former mayor of Managua turned 51 on Thursday, celebrating with a full day of work.
(10) Both were as burly as stevedores, which likely was their preferred profession.
(11) He was joined immediately by a burly guy in a padded leather body warmer over a navy blue rugby shirt.
(12) There were concerned looks from burly matrons, and longing admiration from boys.
(13) Derek, a somewhat burly intense salesman in his early thirties, created a stir wherever he went.
(14) The farmer was a big, burly man with a red face.
(15) Floyd is a burly man with thick black hair and a strong determination.
(16) As they watched, a burly man came out of the farm and crossed to one of the three barns.
(17) I followed his burly figure as it ducked through the entrance, and went down some steps.
(18) Jem was one of those burly figures who proliferate on film-sets.
(19) He was a burly man of average height[http://sentencedict.com/burly.html], white-haired and distinguished looking.
(20) Abdul Gafer, 25, leaned burly forearms on the rough wood table.
(21) The 1994, like all vintages, is a burly wine with loads of blackberry fruit and a good lashing of tannin.
(22) He was big and burly, and isn't it known that all big and burly men are ... gentle giants.
(23) The burly Contaldi looks more suited for flattening cornerbacks than roll casting with precision.
(24) Williams was a burly, goateed former Marine who wrote poetry.
(25) Half-blinded, Melissa faltered, stumbled and collided with a burly figure hurrying towards the building.
(26) He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.
(27) A truck arrived at our door one morning and two burly men began unloading cartons from the back.
(28) But apparently the festival organizers had anticipated such a reaction, because a burly volunteer was blocking each door.
(29) At school he had been an ace rugby player and had become a big burly man.
(30) Still, with veterinary bills and high-fat, high-protein diets to maintain, the burly, bearded Diehl is scarcely prospering.