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
Example sentences :
  • 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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