adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the portly figure of General von Hindenburg
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The bishop was a dignified, portly man, with thinning white hair.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As they leaned against a red brick wall, a portly prison system official swabbed at the sweat trickling into his collar.
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But then she also spends some time persuading the audience to laugh at her own idiosyncrasies and rather portly shape.
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Dewey himself campaigned with the portly dignity of an incumbent, while Truman screeched and kicked like an outsider.
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George Shultz, the bluff and portly secretary of state, evidently thought much the same.
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He was a portly man, red-faced and always panting.
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He was amiable, grizzle-haired and portly , with a wide smile.
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The lawyer was a tall, portly man with a snub nose, a square chin, and a short neck.
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Those 29 words sealed the portly politician's fate.