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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
burly
 
SYLLABICATION:bur·ly
PRONUNCIATION:  bûrl
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: bur·li·er, bur·li·est
Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky. See synonyms at muscular.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English burlich, from Old English *borlic, excellent. See bher-1 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:burli·ly —ADVERB
burli·ness —NOUN
 
 
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