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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness.

Such pride is praise; such

portliness

is honor.

Spenser.

Bulkiness; corpulence.

Noun.

[from portly.] Dignity of mien or of personal appearance, consisting in size and symmetry of body, with dignified manners and demeanor.