ˈbēfē, -fi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: beef (I) + -y
1. : brawny or fleshy with suggestions of grossness : thickset , heavy
coarsened and beefy , with a neck like a bull's and a rapidly spreading girth — Ellen Glasgow
beefy and sturdy, with heavy legs — Joseph Bennett
2.
a. : promising a good yield of beef
beefy cattle
b. : coarsely overfleshed : obesely heavy