Associations to the word «Portly»
Noun
Adverb
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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.