BRAWNY Meaning of BRAWNY in English [brawny] adj brawn.i.er ; -est (1599) 1: muscular; also: strong, powerful 2: being swollen and hard "a ~ infected foot" -- brawn.i.ly adv -- brawn.i.ness n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012