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Muscularity

noun

The physiological state of having or consisting of muscle.

Possessing muscular strength. Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, sinew.

An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing). Synonyms: energy, vigor, vigour, vim. "A remarkable muscularity of style"

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"Muscularity" Quotes from Famous Books

... our symbols:—the Dragon, the Sky-wanderer, with something heavenly to say; but alas! the Dragon had been little visible in our skies of Chu Hia these many years or centuries;—the Tiger, brute muscularity, lithe terrible limbs, fearful claws and teeth,—we knew him much better! This, heaven knew, was the day of the Tiger of earthly strength and passions; were there not those three great tigers up north, ...

— The Crest-Wave of Evolution • Kenneth Morris

... unknown; he had never possessed an umbrella, and only on days like this donned a light overcoat to guard himself against what he called 'the sooty spittle' of a London sky. Yet he was not the man of four or five years ago. He had the same appearance of muscularity, the same red neck and mighty fists; but beneath his eyes hung baggy flesh that gave him a bilious aspect, his cheeks were a little sunken, and the tone of his complexion had lost its healthy clearness. In temper, too, he had suffered; perhaps in ...

— The Whirlpool • George Gissing

Words linked to "Muscularity" : vitality, muscular, life, physiological state, verve, strength, physical condition, spirit, sprightliness, physiological condition, liveliness