portly
The origin and history of portly.
Etymology
From an archaic sense of port (“manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage”) + -ly.
The origin and history of portly.
From an archaic sense of port (“manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage”) + -ly.
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