Antonyms for bulky


Grammar : Adj
Spell : buhl-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌl ki


Definition of bulky

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "plump, stout," from bulk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Bulkiness.
  • adj huge
Example sentences :
  • It represents a sort of nut, itself too bulky for a railway truck.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Something had dropped shapeless, bulky at her feet and she could not see Mr. Stewart.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • From one of them I pulled out a bulky notebook and a number of loose papers.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • But La Teuse also rose and barred his way with her bulky figure.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Mrs. Stover's bulky figure was already on the way to the door of the house.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And nearly in the middle was the bulky, immaculate, pigmented Ribiera.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • With crops which are perishable or bulky, "processing" must be performed locally.
  • Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
  • By that time she was no more to us than a bulky shadow maneuvering a little way off.
  • Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
  • Hillard found among his a bulky envelope post-marked Naples.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Already it formed a bulky volume of many hundred typewritten pages.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

Synonyms for bulky

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