Rotund vs Burly - What's the difference?
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Having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular.
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Round in body shape; portly or plump; podgy.
(of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.
(usually, of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
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(slang) Originating from the east end of London, England. An expressive term to mean something is good, awesome, amazing, unbelievable. e.g That goal was burly, or Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.
(slang) Originating from surfer culture and/or Southern California. An expressive term to mean something is of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
As adjectives the difference between rotund and burly
is that rotund is having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular while burly is large, well-built, and muscular.rotund
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(er)- He's a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- That wave was burly ! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)
- This hike is going to be burly , but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach.