Definition of Brawnier

1. Adjective. (comparative of brawny) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brawnier

1. brawny [adj] - See also: brawny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brawnier

brawler
brawlers
brawlie
brawlier
brawliest
brawling
brawlingly
brawlings
brawls
brawly
brawn
brawned
brawnedness
brawner
brawners
brawnier (current term)
brawniest
brawnily
brawniness
brawninesses
brawning
brawnness
brawns
brawny
brawny arm
brawny oedema
brawny scleritis
braws
braxies
braxton hicks contraction

Literary usage of Brawnier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"The gentler sex appeared generally " brawnier and more muscular than the men." Speaking (apparently) of the children, he says, " all had the old, ..."

2. Southey by Edward Dowden (1880)
"... was head of the house ; and Southey, unprotected by his chief, stood exposed to the tyranny of a fellow-boarder bigger and brawnier than himself, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1834)
"Some of the brawnier ruffians, hot with brandy, and mad for plunder, urged them on again. My remaining platoon fired, with a precision worthy of a Prussian ..."

4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1841)
"At a recent meeting of the Philosophical Society of St. Andrew's, Sir David brawnier exhibited a bottle of wine from the Royal George, which had been ..."

5. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"Here came a "Tiger," browner than the brownest, brawnier than the brawniest, shaggy, defiant, insolent, and "ugly"-looking, as he lounged by, ..."

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