Meaning & use
muscly
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An informal way of saying muscular; having prominent, well-developed muscles.
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The action star looked noticeably muscly in the new film's trailer.
He's gotten a lot muscly since he started lifting weights.
A note on using this word
This is a casual, spoken variant of 'muscular' that has gained wide informal use, particularly in British and Australian English.
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