Definition of Jowly

1. Adjective. Having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.

Exact synonyms: Double-chinned, Loose-jowled
Similar to: Fat
Derivative terms: Jowl

Definition of Jowly

1. Adjective. Having conspicuous jowls. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jowly

1. having prominent jowls [adj JOWLIER, JOWLIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jowly

jowari
jowaris
jowars
jowed
jowing
jowl
jowled
jowler
jowlers
jowlier
jowliest
jowliness
jowlinesses
jowling
jowls
jowly (current term)
jows
jowter
jowters
joy
joy buzzer
joy ride
joy riding
joyance
joyances
joyancy
joyed
joyful
joyfull
joyfuller

Literary usage of Jowly

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

1. The Microscope and its revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1891)
"... jowly running streams—sometimes attached to the leaves and I of water-plants, sometimes creeping on the Algre, sometimes •ling freely through the water. ..."

2. Tara by Meadows Taylor, Philip Meadows Taylor (1863)
"So we ran away from jowly—did we not, my son ? and have been travelling about the country ever since, getting what we can. ..."

3. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Richard Le Gallienne (1897)
"Which I do the rather believe, by comparing the affectionate, loving, jowly, humble epistles of St. Peter, St. James, and St. John, ..."

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