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They made fun of the gangly boy because he was tall and skinny.
The word 'burly' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun as strongly and heavily built. Example:A burly man needs a burly chair for comfort.
Yo face is burly
"methinks you favour the GANGLY youth," muttered Prince Jon to Maid Marian.
The gangly teenager awkwardly shuffled across the room, his limbs appearing disproportionately long and ungainly.
if you are a fan of football, for example, you know that the players are BURLY
The term 'burly' usually means a person who is very large, strong and muscular. An example of the term used in the sentence would be, "The superhero looked very burly in his costume".
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Commotion, disturbance, disorder (in other words a good punch-up) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "good punch-up" part above is not the correct meaning, hurly burly does not imply violence, it describes a Noisy confusion; tumult or bustle - for instance: Mrs Jones was loath to leave the peace and tranquility of her garden to face the hurly burly of the city streets.
Gangly
it means tall and skinny/thin. or lanky. liiiike, a gangly teenage boy. example: zomg that gangly teenager looks as if he transformed overnight into a hnadsome muscular young man;D
The burly man lifted the couch.