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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PORTLY

From port5 (deportment, bearing).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTLY

portly  [ˈpɔːtlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PORTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of portly in the English dictionary

The definition of portly in the dictionary is stout or corpulent. Other definition of portly is stately; impressive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTLY


absolutely
ˌæbsəˈluːtlɪ
astutely
əˈstjuːtlɪ
completely
kəmˈpliːtlɪ
courtly
ˈkɔːtlɪ
discreetly
dɪˈskriːtlɪ
distraughtly
dɪˈstrɔːtlɪ
expertly
ˈɛkspɜːtlɪ
Hartley
ˈhɑːtlɪ
heartly
ˈhɑːtlɪ
incompletely
ˌɪnkəmˈpliːtlɪ
minutely
maɪˈnjuːtlɪ
neatly
ˈniːtlɪ
overtly
əʊˈvɜːtlɪ
partly
ˈpɑːtlɪ
shortly
ˈʃɔːtlɪ
smartly
ˈsmɑːtlɪ
sweetly
ˈswiːtlɪ
tautly
ˈtɔːtlɪ
thwartly
ˈθwɔːtlɪ
uncourtly
ʌnˈkɔːtlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTLY

porthole
portico
portion
portioner
portionist
portionless
Portland
Portland cement
Portlaoise
portlast
portless
portlier
portliest
portliness
portman
portmanteau
portmanteau word
portmanteaux
portmantle
portmantua

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTLY

alertly
braggartly
covertly
curtly
extrovertly
inertly
inexpertly
malapertly
peartly
pertly
stalwartly
tartly

Synonyms and antonyms of portly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PORTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «portly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of portly
ample · beefy · bulky · burly · corpulent · fat · fleshy · heavy · large · obese · overweight · plump · rotund · stout · tubby

Translation of «portly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTLY

Find out the translation of portly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of portly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «portly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大腹便便
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corpulenta
570 millions of speakers

English

portly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سمين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дородный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corpulento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহৎ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corpulent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Portly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beleibt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かっぷくの良い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몸집이 뚱뚱한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொழுத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पत्त्यावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şişman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corpulento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postawny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

огрядний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corpolent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εύσωμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deftig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

portly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

korpulent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of portly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTLY»

The term «portly» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.717 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «portly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «portly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about portly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTLY»

Discover the use of portly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to portly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Portly McSwine
Despite all attempts to reassure him, Portly McSwine frets about the National Snout Day celebration he has planned.
‎2002
2
Mr. and Mrs. Portly and Their Little Dog, Snack
Snack is a very happy puppy when Mrs. Portly adopts him but when persnickety Mr. Portly returns from a fishing trip, he banishes Snack to a doghouse until their mutual love of art, and a thief, bring them together.
Sandra Jordan, 2009
3
Portly Paul Buys a Bed
Portly Paul got backaches a lot, and he couldn't think why. He never did hard work, and he didn't lift heavy things. He'd get big books out the library sometimes. Only other thing he lifted was a tray piled with sticky cakes and coffee. And that ...
Peter Hayden, 2005
4
Portly Potbellied Pigs
Alex Kuskowski. Portly Potbellied Pigs AlexKuskowski Portly Potbellied Pigs Alex Kuskowski C.A. Nobens. Cover.
Alex Kuskowski, 2013
5
The Portly Princess of Thynneland
In Thynneland, only thin people are regarded as happy. So when Princess Volumina is declared "grossly obese," her parents send her to Hinterland to reduce.
Kathleen Marie Marsh, 2004
6
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: Improving Standards in ...
Second Portly Gent Have we the pleasure of addressing Mr Scrooge or Mr Marley? Scrooge Mr Marley has been dead these seven years. He died seven years ago this very night. First Portly Gent And we have no doubt his liberality is well ...
Charles Dickens, Paul Bunyan, Ruth Moore, 2013
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A Christmas Carol
FIRST PORTLY GENTLEMAN: At this festive season of the year, Mr... SECOND PORTLY GENTLEMAN: Scrooge — FIRST PORTLY GENTLEMAN: ...Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the  ...
Charles Dickens, Neil Bartlett, 2012
8
The Impossible: An Essay on Hyperintensionality
According to Yagisawa, Bertie could have been portly in virtue of Bertie having a portly world-stage. For some world-index w, Bertie has a portly w-stage, hence Bertie could have been portly: and with no mention of counterparts. But Yagisawa  ...
Mark Jago, 2014
9
Stinky Dough's Truck Stop
and made a motion with his fingers. The portly man frowned but nodded in agreement. Fingers then took the large open top briefcase and went into the building. He returned shortly and handed it back to them. The portly man held out his hand.
Stephan R. Hutchinson, 2008
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Study Guide
Portly Associates, a financial investment firm, owns 85 percent of Quiescent Thermo Corporation (QTC). All of QTC's directors are officers or directors of Portly . QTC's chief business is the development and marketing of heat-resistant products, ...
Roger Miller, Gaylord Jentz, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term portly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
National Post Radio: NASA scientist talks about Earth's recently …
... Greece | Haters' Guide to Summer | CitizenSparks. National Post Radio: NASA scientist talks about Earth's recently discovered portly cousin ... «National Post, Jul 15»
2
Portly puss goes back to his Skinny genes
Portly puss goes back to his Skinny genes. A larger-than-life cat dubbed Skinny has lost more than half his weight to become the darling of a ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
3
Lord Sewel's humiliated third wife is 'not expecting him home'
As excruciating photographs emerged of her portly husband in a prostitute's orange bra, she was keeping a dignified but low profile at their ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Kim Jong-un uses 62th anniversary of Korean War to threaten USA
Always on the lookout for an opportunity to rant about his impoverish country, the portly dictator vowed that the next time he went to war, there ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
7 tips to banish the 'Boomer Belly'
However, if you keep your exercise consistent and varied, you don't have to see yourself described as portly once you've passed a certain age. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Rumor: Toyota Camry Will Get Turbocharged Engine
Toyota's bread and butter 2GR-FE that has seen various applications ranging back to 2004 that makes a portly 268 HP and 248 lb-ft will most ... «The Art of Gears, Jul 15»
7
Is deadly Gaboon viper on loose in Milledgeville?
Online commenters quickly speculated that the photographed snake, its portly body stretched out, appeared dead. Clark knows better. «Times-Enterprise, Jul 15»
8
WWE Is Dead. Long Live WWE.
However, in a moment that never happened to Hogan when he was the face of the company, a portly and scruffy Canadian guy with minimal ... «Random Nerds, Jul 15»
9
How I lost 150 pounds by adopting the life of a modern caveman
At the start of his first term, I was the portly and far-too prominent spokesman for Gov. Paul LePage. Down almost 150 pounds since leaving the ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Literature as Collective Memory
He is a portly man of medium height and his gray hair is combed straight back. Over the years, the writer in him has whittled at and fine-tuned ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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