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bulkier

bulkier is the comparative form of bulky.

Meaning of bulky

Adjective

bulky (comparative bulkier, superlative bulkiest)

  1. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
    • Action such as this, filmed under great difficulty with a bulky, hand-cranked camera, revealed the possibilities of the movies and was quite startling in those early days.1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 87
  2. Unwieldy.
  3. Having excess body mass, especially muscle.

Questions about bulkier

What is bulkier the comparative form of?
Bulkier is the comparative form of bulky.

Words near bulkier in the dictionary

  1. bulkheading
  2. bulkheads
  3. bulkie
  4. bulkie roll
  5. bulkie rolls
  6. bulkier
  7. bulkies
  8. bulkiest
  9. bulkily
  10. bulkiness
  11. bulkinesses

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