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Antonyms for muscularity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muhs-kyuh-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌs kyə lər

Definition of muscularity

Origin :
  • 1680s, from Modern Latin muscularis (from Latin musculus; see muscle (n.)) + -ity.
  • noun brawn
Example sentences :
  • Of both his muscularity and good-nature I am afraid we often took advantage.
  • Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables
  • The muscularity, purchased by excessive nutriment, of the BÅ“otian pugilist.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV » by Aubrey Stewart
  • In the latter case, however, the Muscular should have either Thoracic or Alimentive tendencies combined with his muscularity.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • What a wonderful piece of muscularity and good-nature he was, to be sure, as I remember him!
  • Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables
  • He had no overplus of style about him, but he was reliable, he was sincere, his muscularity was conceded by all.
  • Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
  • His hair and brows and lashes were paler than straw, and his long lank figure was without either distinction or muscularity.
  • Extract from : « Ancestors » by Gertrude Atherton
  • Power in painting does not come from muscularity of arm; it comes naturally from the intellect.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • But he was wrong, it was a more insidious if not so fatal a disease—it was paralysis, the fell enemy of muscularity.
  • Extract from : « Caught in a Trap » by John C. Hutcheson
  • But muscularity and health are not convertible terms, though many people seem to think they are.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
  • His chest was deep, his arms were gigantic in their muscularity, and no man had ever seen his legs show signs of exhaustion.
  • Extract from : « The Graysons » by Edward Eggleston

Synonyms for muscularity

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