Definitions for portly

portly port·ly

Spelling: [pawrt-lee, pohrt-]
IPA: /ˈpɔrt li, ˈpoʊrt-/

Portly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in portly (loprty).

Definitions for portly

adjective

  1. rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
  2. Archaic. stately, dignified, or imposing.

Origin of portly

1520-30; port5 (noun) + -ly

Examples for portly

A portly burgher was he, friendly of tongue and free of purse.

I dug my heels into the mule's belly and pushed on, the portly cleric at my side.

A matronly woman, of portly dimensions, met them in the hallway.

How many Benny Hill scenes involved the creepy, portly man zooming about perilously near an unfathomably stacked woman?

From Alec “The Bloviator” Baldwin to “portly pepperpot” Monica Lewinsky, revisit his chief rogue targets.

The portly, balding Sabah, a father of two, glances nervously at the television.

He was a fine, tall, portly man, with a lion-like mien and a powerful voice.

The consciousness of acres had passed away from his portly presence.

A moment later I saw my scowling taxi driver darting toward the ticket booth with a companion, a portly man in a checked shirt.

He went up to Mr. Gilbert, a portly man in the back part of the store.

Word Value for portly
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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