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Superlative for having well-developed muscles
“Though his hair was gray with white streaks on both sides of his head, his body was still muscular and strong.”
Superlative for athletic, fit or strong in health or physique
“The painting depicted a muscular man, wearing dungarees, driving cattle through the snow.”
Superlative for relating to or affecting the muscles
“Primary lymphatic vessels lack a significant muscular wall and do not have valves.”
Superlative for having a masculine appearance, suggestive of crudeness or aggressiveness
“Jack is a tall, muscular, and gruff-looking man with slick white hair, black sideburns, a beard, and blue eyes.”
Superlative for full-bodied, such as of a flavor or sound
“All sorts of singers and bands from the mid-'60s have relied on the magical, jangly, and surprisingly muscular tones of Rickenbacker guitars.”
Superlative for vigorously dynamic, forceful or powerful
“O'Rourke, especially if he has been successful by bourgeois standards, will undertake the muscular asseveration of principles that constitutes a masquerade of orthodoxy.”
Superlative for relating to or affecting the nerves
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