burly

1. Large, well-built, and muscular. · He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
2. Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both. (US, slang) · 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.

صيغة المقارنة burlier · صيغة التفضيل العليا burliest