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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