Usage examples (15)

• Most irritating in those last two instances, the extra bits tend to overshadow fine contributions from outsiders, including Cheb Mami's lovely chanting on 'Rose' and James...
• While the old car was a beastly brute, the new 2010 brings a new sense of burliness to the pony car wars.
• The mortadella, with its combination of burliness and creaminess, was a meaty addition to the earthy, bready crust.
• He was a big-limbed, deliberate man, whose quiet burliness lent to an ample silk-faced frock-coat a superfine dignity.