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Definition of Portly
1. Adjective. Euphemisms for 'fat'. "Men are portly and women are stout"
Definition of Portly
1. a. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.
Definition of Portly
1. Adjective. (rare) Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. Fat; overweight. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portly
1. rather heavy or fat [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portly
Literary usage of Portly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1873)
"The chief and most portly person of them all was one Has- ... HOLLAND, , p.
77o- He [Romeo] bears him like a portly gentleman. ..."
2. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1836)
"Dated in 1636. Engraved in an oval, JG Hertel. and copied square, in reverse,
anonymous. 477. Admiral Van Tromp. A portly man, of a strongly- marked ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, With dark hints muttered
under breath Of casting lots for life or death, To be himself the ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... portly and commanding, and ' his belly is as a round goblet, which wanteth
not liquor,' as the wise man observes in his Canticles. ..."
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