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Webster 1913 Edition

Portly

Port′ly

,
Adj.
[From
Port
demeanor.]
1.
Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.
2.
Bulky; corpulent.
“A portly personage.”
Dickens.

Webster 1828 Edition

Portly

PORTLY

,
Adj.
[from port.] Grand or dignified in mien; of a noble appearance and carriage.
1.
Bulky; corpulent.

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