Antonyms for brawny
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : braw-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɔ ni |
Definition of brawny
Origin :- 1590s, "characterized by muscle," from brawn + -y (2).
- adj muscular, strong
- He is as big and brawny as Ascapart at the bar-gate at Southampton.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- This Miko was, from our Earth standards, a tremendous, brawny giant.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- Without a word the stalwart Slav took him on his brawny shoulder.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Her two arms—and they were plump, not to say brawny—went about him.
- Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Pikes and lances were driven with the full power of brawny arms.
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- The man slipped in, and Jerry noted that he was big and brawny.
- Extract from : « Jerry's Reward » by Evelyn Snead Barnett
- Deborah threw her brawny arms in the air and her apron over her red head.
- Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
- Walker looked at the brawny doctor, and his placid face was clouded.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- Out of this canopy she looked up at the brawny, serious man, roguishly.
- Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
- Nobody, she was quite sure, could be so big and brawny as the lumberman from Michigan.
- Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
Synonyms for brawny
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