muscly

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English

Alternative forms

muscley

Etymology

muscle +‎ -ly

Adjective

muscly (comparative musclier, superlative muscliest)

thewy, muscled
- 1879, Robert Browning, Dramatic Idyls:
  One whipcord nerve in the muscly mass from neck to shoulder-blade / Of the mountainous man...
(figuratively) Strong, powerful

Anagrams

clumsy, cumyls

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