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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
burly/ˈbɜːli/
▶adjective (burlier, burliest) (of a person) large and strong.
– derivatives
burliness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘dignified, imposing’): prob. from an unrecorded OE word meaning ‘stately, fit for the bower’ (see bower1, -ly1).



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