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buffly

adv
/ˈbʌf.lɪ/UK/ˈbʌf.li/US

Etymology

From buff + -ly.

  1. derived from *bʰeyH-✻ — “to fear, to be afraid”
  2. inherited from *bubjaną✻
  3. inherited from byffan — “to mumble, mutter”
  4. inherited from buffen — “to stutter, stammer”
  5. suffixed as buffly — “buff + ly”

Definitions

  1. in a buff manner

    in a buff manner; attractively or muscularly.

    • We enter a loud bar with a buffly built bouncer blocking the door.
    • Jul 18, 2006 Future of Japanese anime and manga looking bright in US San Francisco Chronicle - "yaoi" goes against the grain of traditional rendering of men as buffly masculine.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA