Definition of "burlier" []

• Comparative form of burly: more burly (adjective)

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• "On a recent weekend, Dynamite, one of only two youth teams in the league, swept the older and burlier Samaritan Village squad in a double-header under a searing sun, seizing first place."
• "Will chose several of the burlier Caretakers—Hawthorne, Dumas, and Irving among them—to help him and the Tin Man build the bridge."
• "How do you do, Mr. Field? the burlier of the two said."