How to pronounce burly
American English pronunciation
BUR-lee
- IPA
- /ˈbɝli/
- Syllables
- BUR · lee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What burly means
Big, strong and heavily built
In a sentence: Two burly movers carried our piano up the stairs.
Where it comes from: In Middle English it meant tall and stately. It perhaps comes from an Old English word meaning noble, but no one is sure.
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