Portly vs Tubby - What's the difference?
portly | tubby | Synonyms |
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":
stout, rotund
Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
(pejorative, slang, often used teasingly) An overweight person.
Portly is a synonym of tubby.
As adjectives the difference between portly and tubby
is that portly is somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight while tubby is stout, rotund.As a noun tubby is
(pejorative|slang|often used teasingly) an overweight person.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
Usage notes
* When used to refer to someone who is overweight, portly'' is a less harsh term than ''fat .Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* portlinessSee also
*tubby
English
Adjective
(er)- a tubby violin
