What does portly mean?
Portly means Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight..
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/ˈpɔːtli/ · adjective
Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight..
Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.
In the length he attains, and in his baleen, the Fin-back resembles the right whale, but is of a less portly girth, and a lighter colour, approaching to olive.
His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.
In Heavyweights, Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) is a fitness guru who installs himself as the über-buff leader of Camp Hope, with the goal of helping portly youngsters shed their saggy stomachs and thunder thighs.
He ſends this Souldans daughter rich and braue, To be my Queene and portly Empereſſe, […]
Portly his person was, and much increast Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.
Be studious well to imitate My portly motion, mien, and gait
Use portly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Portly means Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight..
Common synonyms include stout, fat.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.
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