adj
Meaning 1
Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
portly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɔːtli/
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General-American: /ˈpɔɹtli/
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General-American: /ˈpoʊɹtli/
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Australian: /ˈpoːtliː/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tli
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
euphemisms for `fat'
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- men are portly and women are stout
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stout
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From an archaic sense of port (“manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage”) + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пълен (pǎlen) — euphemism for fat
- Bulgarian: едър (edǎr) — euphemism for fat
- Czech: tělnatý — euphemism for fat
- Czech: zavalitý — euphemism for fat
- Dutch: gezet — euphemism for fat
- Esperanto: korpulenta — euphemism for fat
- French: fort — euphemism for fat
- French: corpulent — euphemism for fat
- German: korpulent — euphemism for fat
- German: vollschlank — euphemism for fat
- German: beleibt — euphemism for fat
- German: stattlich — euphemism for fat
- German: behäbig — euphemism for fat
- German: würdevoll — euphemism for fat
- German: mollig — euphemism for fat
- German: füllig — euphemism for fat
- Icelandic: gildur — euphemism for fat
- Māori: takapū — euphemism for fat
- Norwegian: fyldig — euphemism for fat
- Plautdietsch: druglich — euphemism for fat
- Swedish: korpulent — euphemism for fat
- Swedish: rundlagd — euphemism for fat