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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: burly 'noble, impressive' (13-17 centuries), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English borlic 'excellent'

burly

 adjective
     
bur‧ly
a burly man is big and strong:
a burly policeman
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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