Burly (BUR-lee) — from the Old English for “noble” or “excellent” — means physically strong, muscular, and heavily built.
Example (as used by Alex Green today): “I got the willies just looking down through the 300-foot span as we crossed it. This was a murderous height. It would have taken at least three burly men to get me out on that platform.”
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