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girthly

girthly adjective: relating to or characterised by girth; girthy.

Adjective

girthly (comparative more girthly, superlative most girthly)

  1. Relating to or characterised by girth; girthy
    • Portly mammas with millions, girthly dames with dollars to burn, and lordly ladies overloaded with variegated wherewithal, flocked to the waters which brought them comfort and something less than immoderate avoirdupois.1942, W. Buchanan-Taylor, Shake the bottle, page 10
    • Our observer of all this was himself no novice at girthly matters.1943, Esquire, volume 19, page 84

Forms of girthly

comparativemore girthly
superlativemost girthly

Origin of girthly

From girth + -ly.

Questions about girthly

What does girthly mean?
Girthly means relating to or characterised by girth; girthy.
What part of speech is girthly?
Girthly is an adjective.

Words near girthly in the dictionary

  1. girthiest
  2. girthing
  3. girthless
  4. girthline
  5. girthlines
  6. girthly
  7. girths
  8. girthsome
  9. girthweld
  10. girthwelds
  11. girthy

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