muscly

muscly

English

Alternative forms

• muscley

Etymology

muscle +‎ -ly

Adjective

muscly (comparative musclier, superlative muscliest)

1. thewy, muscled
   • 1879, Robert Browning, Dramatic Idyls

     One whipcord nerve in the muscly mass from neck to shoulder-blade / Of the mountainous man...

2. (figuratively) Strong, powerful

Anagrams

• clumsy, cumyls