Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being brawny; strength; hardiness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being brawny.

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  • noun The state of being brawny or having brawn.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun possessing muscular strength

Etymologies

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brawny +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Without guns to defend themselves, a lot of the exchanges end up like bar room brawniness and high school smackdowns.

    A New Home : Bev Vincent 2009

  • He was rather below the middle stature, but the breadth of his shoulders, length and brawniness of his arms, and the muscular appearance of the whole man, argued a most unusual share of strength, and a frame kept in vigour by constant exercise.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • S. said that there was even a noticeable difference in brawniness, with the Asian-American women's ideal man a good bit larger than the former's.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Suihanki 2005

  • S. said that there was even a noticeable difference in brawniness, with the Asian-American women's ideal man a good bit larger than the former's.

    Before I go any further... Suihanki 2005

  • This brawniness and insensibility of mind, is the best armour we can have against the common evils and accidents of life; and being a temper that is to be got by exercise and custom, more than any other way, the practice of it should be begun betimes; and happy is he that is taught it early.

    Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Sections 111-120 1909

  • The coarse and selfish assumption on the part of man of superiority over woman, based on his brawniness and tyranny, has sometimes appeared in the form of an assertion that

    The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

  • He was rather below the middle stature, but the breadth of his shoulders, length and brawniness of his arms, and the muscular appearance of the whole man, argued a most unusual share of strength, and a frame kept in vigour by constant exercise.

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

  • The character was originally intended to be a man, but making Salt a woman in no way depletes the story's brawniness.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • Mr. Pappano found similar opportunities elsewhere in the score, but in the end, the heft and brawniness of this last Brahms symphony emerged intact, though seen from an unusual perspective.

    NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2010

  • Mr. Pappano found similar opportunities elsewhere in the score, but in the end, the heft and brawniness of this last Brahms symphony emerged intact, though seen from an unusual perspective.

    NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2010

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