brawnier; brawniest
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2
: being swollen and hard
a brawny infected foot
brawnily adverb
brawniness noun

Examples of brawny in a Sentence

the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting brawny arms that weren't developed in the gym but by years of work in the construction business
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With teammate Mikal Bridges tagging smaller facilitators, Anunoby takes the brawnier ones. Fred Katz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 The 331-mile trail in Kiso Valley provides respite with its brawny cedar and cypress trees but also serves a functional purpose. Haley Harrison, AFAR Media, 10 Apr. 2025 Whether that brawny youth can bring that sort of unbridled thinking under real-race weights, in real tack, against real, experienced racehorses that have won multiple stakes remains to be seen. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Plus, the latest electrics have the brawny, boxlike styling that consumers seek. Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brawny

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of brawny was in 1581

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“Brawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawny. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

brawny

adjective
brawnier; brawniest
: being swollen and hard
a brawny infected foot

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