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How to pronounce portly in English?

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Synonyms stout


men are portly and women are stout.

Examples of portly

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My particular review unit was the Bumblebee kit that includes the portly stylus.
From the techcrunch.com
What do you think about why beautiful, fit girls end up with more portly dudes?
From the washingtonpost.com
Former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan liked the portly looking kid with the big arm.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He pumps iron next to an open sand pit where portly professional wrestlers train.
From the npr.org
If you've got a profusion of videos or other portly files, that could be tight.
From the techland.time.com
Ciccolini, a portly, brash, middle-aged Corsican, made for an unlikely mentor.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
First, the avuncular Joao Moura, oldest of the six and tending towards the portly.
From the independent.co.uk
He was portly, short of stature, the son of a barber of small means and rivalrous.
From the online.wsj.com
White-haired and portly, Summers combines a benevolent smile and a canny mind.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • Euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
  • Euphemism for fat