burly

Questions about burly

What does burly mean?

burly means "muscular and heavily built".

How many syllables are in burly?

burly has 2 syllables: bur-ly. The stress falls on "bur". In IPA it is /ˈbɝli/.

What is another word for burly?

Close synonyms include beefy, husky, strapping, buirdly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burly a common word?

burly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.