portly in the PONS Dictionary

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At age 73, portly and rumpled, his presence wouldn't have done much to signal the future.
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A tall, portly, ruddy, black-eyed man of near fifty.
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He is relatively portly, and has a large elongated nose which is his most sensitive area.
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At this time, he had a slim, athletic figure, a far cry from the portly build that would gain him fame later in his career.
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In the early cartoons he was moderately stout, but in the later ones he became increasingly portly.
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He is rather portly and a little slovenly.
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He loves food, which is the reason for his portly figure.
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In contrast to the elegant wingplan, the fuselage was deep and portly, in part a consequence of the enclosed, tandem cockpits.
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His ordinary appearance is of a portly, bald middle-aged man with blue eyes and blond whiskers, which he habitually tugs at when vexed.
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He was a portly figure with a handlebar moustache.
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