Definition of Portlier

1. Adjective. (comparative of portly) ¹

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Definition of Portlier

1. portly [adj] - See also: portly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portlier

portioners
portioning
portionist
portionists
portionless
portions
portise
portises
portlandite
portlands
portlast
portlasts
portless
portlet
portlets
portlier (current term)
portliest
portlike
portliness
portlinesses
portly
portman
portmanteau
portmanteau-word
portmanteau film
portmanteau films
portmanteau word
portmanteau words
portmanteaus
portmanteaux

Literary usage of Portlier

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

1. Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence as Administered in England and America by Joseph Story, Jairus Ware Perry (1877)
"portlier de la Propriété', n. 343 to 363 ; Code Civil of France, art. ... portlier de la Propriété', n. 360; Vinn. ad bet. Lib. 2, tit. 1, 1. 30, n. 4, p. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"... Fireman and was entitled : ' The Action of Ammonium Chlorid upon Tetra- and Penta- Chlorides, Preliminary Communication,' by P. Fireman and EO portlier. ..."

3. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"It was decided by the British Parliament in the spring of 1774 to punish Boston by closing her portlier trade was to be destroyed unless she accepted that ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"The Action of Ammonium Chloride upon Tetra- and Penta- chlorides (Preliminary Communication), by P. Fireman and EG portlier. ..."

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