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Portly in a sentence

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Portly | Port | Ports | Porter | Ported | Porters | Porting | Portes

Portly meaning

  1. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
  2. Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing.

Synonyms of Portly

stout fat

Related words

Other words often associated with Portly or its synonyms:

paunchy compact ale embonpoint hardy thick blubbery resolute robust endomorphic chubby potbellied

Using Portly

  • The main meaning on this page is: Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. | Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing.
  • Useful related words include: stout, fat.

Context around Portly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

slightly 1× wheeler 1× pompous 1×

Often after:

patron 1× man 1× lovable 1× fellow 1× pig 1× school 1×

Sentence patterns with Portly

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and slightly portly 1× become as portly 1× desimone a portly man with 1× full on portly pig which 1× get un portly 1× including a portly patron whom 1× of a portly fellow on 1× than a portly lovable lug 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and both men 1× and with food 1× and yet here 1× as hands went 1× desimone a portly 1× elsewhere willy wheeler 1×

Common sentence endings:

a resistance struggle 1× and slightly portly 1× become as portly 1× for a photographer 1× get un portly 1× his massive debts 1×

Words around Portly

Just before it in the word index:

portloe 2 portley 3 portlets 2 portlethen 12 portlaw 5 portlaoise 54

Just after it in the word index:

portmahomack 4 portman 175 portmann 2 portmanteau 37 portmeirion 2 portmiami 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Portly

  • In this selection, "portly" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, slightly, wheeler, pompous, patron, man and lovable stand out and add context to how "portly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and slightly portly and become as portly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "portly" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with portly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And with food this delicious, you can equally become as portly. (11 words)

Elsewhere, Willy Wheeler (portly, in his sixties) cartwheels for a photographer. (11 words)

Headmaster (Headward Headington-Hail, Chocilus Bicius) The pompous, portly school headmaster. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

It all started two years ago when new neighbours moved in across the road and brought along their piggy – not potbellied, not miniature, but a full-on portly pig which patrols the fence, eyeballing our hairy hounds. (37 words)

And yet, here he was, a portly 51-year-old, huffing and puffing through eight two-minute rounds for a guaranteed $1 million purse that was unlikely to make the slightest dent in his massive debts. (36 words)

As hands went up, MVP turned them down one by one, including a portly patron whom MVP expressed concerns for, saying he might have a heart attack because his cholesterol was too high. (33 words)

Example sentences (11)

And with food this delicious, you can equally become as portly.

As hands went up, MVP turned them down one by one, including a portly patron whom MVP expressed concerns for, saying he might have a heart attack because his cholesterol was too high.

DeSimone, a portly man with white hair, sat at the head of the table.

None of these three revered news outlets bothered to mention the fact that there was a bit more to Hassan Nasrallah than a portly, lovable lug who led a “resistance” struggle.

And yet, here he was, a portly 51-year-old, huffing and puffing through eight two-minute rounds for a guaranteed $1 million purse that was unlikely to make the slightest dent in his massive debts.

So with that determination at hand, I embark on this quest to drop some pounds — to get un-portly.

In an effort to learn more about the Dark Order, there was a vignette of a portly fellow on a subway watching this video play.

It all started two years ago when new neighbours moved in across the road and brought along their piggy – not potbellied, not miniature, but a full-on portly pig which patrols the fence, eyeballing our hairy hounds.

And both men were a study in contrasts, Jardine being tall, lean and trim while Matheson was short and slightly portly.

Elsewhere, Willy Wheeler (portly, in his sixties) cartwheels for a photographer.

Headmaster (Headward Headington-Hail, Chocilus Bicius) The pompous, portly school headmaster.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "portly" in a sentence?
An example: "And with food this delicious, you can equally become as portly." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "portly" from authentic English texts.
What does "portly" mean?
Portly means: Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
What are synonyms of "portly"?
Common synonyms of "portly" include: stout, fat.
How many example sentences with "portly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "portly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.