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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORTLY, a. [from port.] Grand or dignified in mien; of a noble appearance and carriage.
1. Bulky; corpulent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" [syn: portly, stout]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (portlier; -est) Etymology: ³port Date: 15th century 1. dignified, stately 2. heavy or rotund of body ; stout • portliness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (portlier, portliest) 1 corpulent; stout. 2 archaic of a stately appearance. Derivatives: portliness n. Etymology: PORT(5) (in the sense 'bearing') + -LY(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Portly Port"ly, a. [From Port demeanor.] 1. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing. 2. Bulky; corpulent. ``A portly personage.'' --Dickens.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(portlier, portliest) A portly person, especially a man, is rather fat. (FORMAL) = stout ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Stately, grand, majestic, magisterial, dignified, imposing. 2. Stout, plump, fleshy, round, in good case, large, bulky, burly.

Moby Thesaurus

adipose, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lusty, meaty, obese, overblown, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pursy, roly-poly, rotund, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, weighty, well-fed