"muscly" meaning in All languages combined

See muscly on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: musclier [comparative], muscliest [superlative]
Etymology: muscle + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|muscle|ly}} muscle + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} muscly (comparative musclier, superlative muscliest)
  1. thewy, muscled
    Sense id: en-muscly-en-adj-~H22fiTm
  2. (figuratively) Strong, powerful Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-muscly-en-adj-bJaAV7we Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: muscley

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