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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Portly \Port"ly\, adjective [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) 2.0 [wn]:
portly
adjective: euphemisms for 'fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" [syn: {stout}] [also: {portliest}, {portlier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "portly": adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, meaty, obese, overblown, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pursy, roly-poly, rotund, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, weighty, well-fed
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