Portly vs Bulky - What's the difference?
portly | bulky | Related terms |
Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
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* 1913 , , The Little Nugget , ch. 14:
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*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
*:Portly his person was, and much increast
* 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":
Being large in size, mass, or volume.
Unwieldy
(bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
As adjectives the difference between portly and bulky
is that portly is somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight while bulky is being large in size, mass, or volume.portly
English
Adjective
(er)- 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.
- His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.
Top 10 Worst Fictional Camp Counselors," Time (retrieved 8 May 2014):
- 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.
- Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.
- Be studious well to imitate
- My portly motion, mien, and gait