Associations to the word «Portly»
Noun
- Shirt
- Squire
- Cheek
- Gown
- Pavement
- Cloak
- Chest
- Feather
- Doorway
- Wearing
- Man
- Chin
- Rat
- Fleming
- Spectacle
- Lobby
- Syllable
- Colonel
- Commodore
- Sigh
- Lawn
- Brow
- Frame
- Rector
- Businessman
- Chaplain
- Gray
- Face
- Fitting
- Habit
- Smile
- Chair
- Door
- Middle
- Porter
- Bag
- Butler
- Person
- Front
- Bow
- Dish
- Merchant
- Sharpe
- Mistress
- Nose
- Lady
- Bull
- Monk
- Manner
- Grave
- Eye
- Wild
- Desk
- Ease
- Appearance
- Red
Adjective
Wiktionary
PORTLY, adjective. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. [from 15th c.]
PORTLY, adjective. (now rare) Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. [from 15th c.]
Dictionary definition
PORTLY, adjective. Euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.