Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Portly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Portly \Port"ly\, a. [From {Port} demeanor.]
1. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance;
imposing.
2. Bulky; corpulent. ``A portly personage.'' --Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
portly
adj : euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
[syn: {stout}]
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