Burly
Burly adjective - Strongly and heavily built.
Usage example: a burly delivery man brought the furniture
Slight
Slight adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Both words in one sentence
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Bob — the slight one with the big blue eyes — was the morning DJ; Ray — the burly one with the splendid baritone — was the newly-hired announcer.
Source: Radio / Bob & Ray - When Goscinny wouldn't let him draw Asterix as one, insisting on having him be a tiny, slight Guile Hero, Uderzo insisted that he needed a friend who was a big burly warrior, and Goscinny reluctantly agreed.
Source: Author Appeal / Surname R To Z - Everyone Is Gay: Yahtzee theorized that everyone is a burly gay man in Yahtzee's Minecraft version of Rapture, since he thinks 'men' sounds more homoerotic than 'man' in his slight misquote "No Gods or Kings, only Men", with the original quote being "No Gods or Kings, Only Man".
Source: Lets Play / Let's Drown Out
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