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What is the adjective for burliness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb burl which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

burly
  1. (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
  2. (Britain, slang, East End of London) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
  3. (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. brawny, muscular, beefy, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, hefty, husky, thickset, robust, bulky, rugged, muscly, powerful, stocky, hulking, buff, athletic, hunky, ripped, big, stalwart, portly, shredded, lusty, vigorous, jacked, thewy, Herculean, mesomorphic, stark, hulky, bruising, beefcake, gorillalike, hunk, powerfully built, well-built, broad-shouldered, well muscled, able-bodied, sturdily built, solid, chunky, sinewy, meaty, heavy, tough, plump … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Julian was watching a burly man with a beard and sunburn make his way across the lobby.”
      “I interjected that it took three burly blokes to get our 5m workboat into the club van, let alone onto a plane.”
      “The burly Scotsman, who earlier this year was an emotional wreck after the public breakup of his marriage, had tears in his eyes.”
burly
  1. Full of burls or knots; knotty.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. brawny, muscular, beefy, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, hefty, husky, thickset, robust, bulky, rugged, muscly, powerful, stocky, hulking, buff, athletic, hunky, ripped, big, stalwart, portly, shredded, lusty, vigorous, jacked, thewy, Herculean, mesomorphic, stark, hulky, bruising, beefcake, gorillalike, hunk, powerfully built, well-built, broad-shouldered, well muscled, able-bodied, sturdily built, solid, chunky, sinewy, meaty, heavy, tough, plump … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Julian was watching a burly man with a beard and sunburn make his way across the lobby.”
      “I interjected that it took three burly blokes to get our 5m workboat into the club van, let alone onto a plane.”
      “The burly Scotsman, who earlier this year was an emotional wreck after the public breakup of his marriage, had tears in his eyes.”
burlier
  1. comparative form of burly: more burly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. brawnier, beefier, stouter, stronger, sturdier, heftier, huskier, robuster, bulkier, ruggeder, musclier, powerfuller, stockier, buffer, hunkier, bigger, portlier, lustier, starker, hulkier, better-built, more muscular, more strapping, more thickset, more athletic, more ripped, more stalwart, more shredded, more vigorous, more jacked, more thewy, more Herculean, more mesomorphic, more gorillalike, more broad-shouldered, more able-bodied, more solid, chunkier, more sinewy, meatier, heavier, tougher, plumper, fatter, more heavyset, fleshier, chubbier, dumpier, more substantial, more corpulent … more
burliest
  1. superlative form of burly: most burly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. brawniest, beefiest, stoutest, strongest, sturdiest, heftiest, huskiest, robustest, bulkiest, ruggedest, muscliest, powerfullest, stockiest, buffest, hunkiest, biggest, portliest, lustiest, starkest, hulkiest, best-built, most muscular, most strapping, most thickset, most athletic, most ripped, most stalwart, most shredded, most vigorous, most jacked, most thewy, most Herculean, most mesomorphic, most gorillalike, most broad-shouldered, most able-bodied, most solid, chunkiest, most sinewy, meatiest, heaviest, toughest, plumpest, fattest, most heavyset, fleshiest, chubbiest, dumpiest, most substantial, most corpulent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Yet it is not always the burliest and the wildest who are the most to be dreaded.”
      “This season, chunky pullovers and zip or wrap cardigans with classic snowflake or reindeer motifs are sure to warm the hearts of even the burliest men.”
      “Loosely modelled on outfits in Germany and New York, a special unit of roughly 100 men was recruited from among the burliest of the state's military police.”
burled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burl
burling
  1. present participle of burl
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