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portly <-ier, -iest> [ˈpɔ:tlɪ, Am ˈpɔ:rt-] ADJ iron

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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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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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A tall, portly, ruddy, black-eyed man of near fifty.
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An older, portly character with a round head, sometimes depicted with a moustache and a single hair on the back of his head.
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He is rather portly and a little slovenly.
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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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Unfortunately for him, his portly stature makes this impossible with his jiggly belly being a target for ridicule.
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He loves food, which is the reason for his portly figure.
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He turns around to see a portly gentleman sitting down.
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He was a portly figure with a handlebar moustache.
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