Crossword-Solution: PORTLY 6 letters, 50 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

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Word Word Type Definition
Portly a. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance;
imposing.
Portly a. Bulky; corpulent.

We have 50 clues for the answer “PORTLY”

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rather fat 1 answer
Somewhat stout 1 answer
Rather heavy 2 answers
Not svelte 2 answers
More than heavy 2 answers
Santa descriptor 2 answers
Like Nero Wolfe 3 answers
Hardly svelte 3 answers
Rotund 6 answers
abdominous 13 answers
Adipose 23 answers
frustrating 50 answers
cumbrous 50 answers
Hulking 51 answers
unhandy 53 answers
bulky 53 answers
cumbersome 53 answers
FULL of cargo 55 answers
burly 55 answers
ungraceful 55 answers
Onerous 56 answers
Obese 56 answers
fleshy 57 answers
Hefty 57 answers
Bumbling 58 answers
Voluminous 58 answers
Strapping 58 answers
Capacious 58 answers
Burdensome 59 answers
Mammoth 60 answers
Broad 61 answers
Corpulent 62 answers
Ponderous. 62 answers
Weighty 64 answers
Husky 65 answers
Tremendous 65 answers
Uncoordinated 65 answers
Inopportune 67 answers
Immense 67 answers
Massive 69 answers
Giant 69 answers
Inexpert 69 answers
Extensive 70 answers
Ample 70 answers
Enormous 70 answers
Stout 71 answers
Large 72 answers
Vast 73 answers
Bungling 73 answers
troublesome 82 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PORTLY (5)

They were portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold, and now stood, with their hats off, in Scrooge's office.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 1992
Uncle Venner’s pig was fed entirely, and kept in prime order, on these eleemosynary contributions; insomuch that the patched philosopher used to promise that, before retiring to his farm, he would make a feast of the portly grunter, and invite all his neighbors to partake of the joints and spare-ribs which they had helped to fatten.
The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1993
What news do you bring this morning?” He was quite portly, with a profusion of gray hair, and small blue eyes which age had robbed of much of their brightness but none of their penetration.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Kate Chopin 1994
Old Barney was a fine looking old man, of a brownish complexion, who was quite portly, and wore a dignified aspect for a slave.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1995
She was dark—very dark—in complexion, portly in figure, and with a plentiful residuum of hair in the proportion of half a dozen white ones to half a dozen black ones, though the latter were black indeed.
A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1995

Quotes with PORTLY (3)

Breeze strolled over to the table and chose a seat with his characteristic decorum. The portly man raised his dueling cane, pointing it at Ham. 'I see that my period of intellectual respite has come to an end.'Ham smiled. 'I thought up a couple beastly questions while I was gone, and I've been saving them just for you, Breeze.''I'm dying of anticipation,' Breeze said. He turned his cane toward Lestibournes. 'Spook, drink.'Spook rushed over and fetched Breeze a cup of wine.'He…
Brandon Sanderson The Final Empire
I jerk around and see Sister Dora, a portly woman who's the head cook in the kitchen, staring daggers at me. This is nothing new. She stares daggers at everyone who walks through the lunch line holding a tray, as though our needing sustenance is a personal affront.
Pittacus Lore The Power of Six
At the entrance of the Führerbunker, a dandelion pushed through the crack between cobblestones. The cadet did not notice that he stepped on it as they entered the bunker. A dark cloud of smoke rose from a burning ministry. Zeller fantasized that the filth that surrounded him was cleansed. He saw himself, a portly and tailored leader in a white uniform with gold epaulets, buttons, and stripes. He imagined himself in an immaculate, white city in Antarctica.
Paul Majkut Stench of the Word
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Appears in: LAT, New Yorker, NYT, WSJ.

Used 10 times in crossword archives (1975–2023).