See Also: portly(dictionary)
portly(dictionary)

portly (iou)



portly adjective. L15.
[from PORT noun4 + -LY1.]
Stately, dignified; handsome, majestic; imposing. L15.
Stout, corpulent. L16.
A. S. Byatt A little rounded by age, still this side of portly.
portliness noun M16.