Burly (adjective): strongly and heavily built

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“Walk with me” David L. Ulin

” Every now and again I would see him, a burly man with close-cropped graying hair, ”

When I first encountered this word, I know that by using the context clues you can tell that they were trying to describe the person but I originally thought that he was trying to describe a homeless man. Now that I have found and have the ability to understand the word burly for future references I know how I can describe a person who was heavily built.