portly
/ˈpɔɹtli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In the length he attains, and in his baleen, the Fin-back resembles the right whale, but is of a less portly girth, and a lighter colour, approaching to olive."
- "His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically."
- "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."
- "I've got a portly paunch I just can't shift I feel undesired, dismissed, adrift"
- "He ſends this Souldans daughter rich and braue, To be my Queene and portly Empereſſe, […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɔɹtli/
- British English: /ˈpɔːtli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
in .
Frequently Paired Words
in .