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   Mus·cu·lar

   /ˈməskyələr/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or affecting the muscles: "energy is needed for muscular activity" Similar fibroussinewy
   • ▪ having well-developed muscles: "her legs were strong and muscular" Similar strongbrawnymusclysinewywell builtpowerfully builtwell muscledburlystrappingsturdyruggedpowerfulbroad-shoulderedathleticwell knitmuscle-boundHerculeanmanlyinformal:hunkybeefyhuskyrippedshreddedbuffjackeddated:stalwartliterary:thewymesomorphic
   • ▪ vigorously robust: "a muscular economy" Similar vigorousrobuststrongpowerfuldynamicpotentenergeticactiveaggressiveOpposite weakpunyfeeble

   Word Origin late 17th century: alteration of earlier musculous, in the same sense.

   Derivatives

   • 1. muscularity noun
   • 2. muscularly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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