Definition of Portliest

1. Adjective. (superlative of portly) ¹

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Definition of Portliest

1. portly [adj] - See also: portly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portliest

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

Literary usage of Portliest

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

1. The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen by Frederic William Maitland (1906)
"And so, acting in another capacity, I believe that he was ever courteous and considerate to the portliest of his contributors, even when he was most ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... It.N. When it is added that this hero of superlatives is also one of the portliest of Naval Officers, it may be readily and accurately imagined that the ..."

3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"... as the central figure of the Three, perhaps as the portliest, though poor Friedel, except signing, had little cognizance of the thing, in which not he ..."

4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
""The King then turned to the Rath Friedel' (to Friedel, as the central figure of the Three, perhaps as the portliest, though poor Friedel, except signing, ..."

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