- portly port·ly adj
- ['pɔːtlɪ]
-ier comp -iest superl corpulento (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
portly — [pôrt′lē] adj. portlier, portliest [ PORT3 + LY1] 1. large and heavy in a dignified and stately way 2. stout; corpulent portliness n … English World dictionary
portly — port|ly [ˈpo:tli US ˈpo:r ] adj written [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: port behavior, deportment (14 19 centuries), from French, from porter; PORTAGE] someone who is portly, especially an old man, is fat and round ▪ a portly old gentleman … Dictionary of contemporary English
portly — port•ly [[t]ˈpɔrt li, ˈpoʊrt [/t]] adj. li•er, li•est rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent • Etymology: 1520–30; port V+ ly port′li•ness, n … From formal English to slang
port|ly — «PRT lee, POHRT », adjective, li|er, li|est, noun, plural lies. –adj. 1. having a large body; stout; corpulent: »a portly, rubicund man of middle age (Winston … Useful english dictionary
port n — portly adj, report v … English expressions
portly — adj. (portlier, portliest) 1 corpulent; stout. 2 archaic of a stately appearance. Derivatives: portliness n. Etymology: PORT(5) (in the sense bearing ) + LY(1) … Useful english dictionary
portly adj — Sea captains can be port ly … English expressions
cricket — cricket1 cricketlike, adj. /krik it/, n. 1. any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in… … Universalium