Burly
Burly adjective - Strongly and heavily built.
Heavily built and burly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heavily built" instead an adjective "Burly".
Heavily built
Burly and heavily built are semantically related. You can use "Burly" instead an adjective phrase "Heavily built".
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Both terms in one sentence
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However, in early Marvel comics, as well as a few from other houses, this rule was subverted: heavily built figures were often drawn with huge heads in proportion to their height so that they looked squat and burly despite being over six foot (see early versions of the Thing, Hulk or the Kingpin).
Source: Heroic Build
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Heavily built and Burly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burly/heavily_built
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