- Comfortably stout; corpulent. See synonyms at fat.
- Archaic. Stately; majestic; imposing.
[From PORT5.]
portliness port'li·ness n.
Dictionary:
port·ly (pôrt'lē, pōrt'-) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: portly |
| Antonyms: portly |
Definition: fat
Antonyms: slim, thin
adv
Definition: bulky, fat
Antonyms: skinny, slender, thin
| WordNet: portly |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
euphemisms for `fat'
Synonym: stout
| Translations: Portly |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - statelig, korpulent
Français (French)
adj. - corpulent
Deutsch (German)
adj. - korpulent
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εύσωμος, παχουλός, επιβλητικός
Italiano (Italian)
corpulento, dignitoso
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - corpulento, majestoso
Русский (Russian)
дородный, тучный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - gordo, corpulento
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - korpulent, bastant, ståtlig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
肥胖的, 一表人材的, 魁伟的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肥胖的, 一表人材的, 魁偉的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 살찐, 당당한, 풍채 좋은
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - でっぷり太った, かっぷくのよい
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مهيب, جليل
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שמנמן, חסון, בעל-גוף
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