Tom is a portly man.
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Portly
//ˈpɔɹtli//
Synonyms for "portly" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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Translations
21 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- едър adj (euphemism for fat)
- пълен adj (euphemism for fat)
Czech
2 entries- tělnatý adj (euphemism for fat)
- zavalitý adj (euphemism for fat)
Dutch
1 entries- gezet adj (euphemism for fat)
Esperanto
1 entries- korpulenta adj (euphemism for fat)
French
2 entries- corpulent adj (euphemism for fat)
- fort adj (euphemism for fat)
German
4 entries- behäbig adj (euphemism for fat)
- beleibt adj (euphemism for fat)
- füllig adj (euphemism for fat)
- korpulent adj (euphemism for fat)
Icelandic
1 entries- gildur adj (euphemism for fat)
Māori
1 entries- takapū adj (euphemism for fat)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- druglich adj (euphemism for fat)
Swedish
2 entries- korpulent adj (euphemism for fat)
- rundlagd adj (euphemism for fat)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The opium-smoker, still portly and well-dressed, is entreated by his poor wife on bended knees to desist from the disastrous habit.
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My uncle is quite portly – or, to put it less politely, quite fat.
Source: tatoeba (11985505)
He's a rather portly gentleman.
Source: tatoeba (13579553)
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