English
Etymology
From buff + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʌf.lɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʌf.li/
- Rhymes: (US) -ʌfli
Adverb
buffly (comparative more buffly, superlative most buffly)
- (slang) in a buff manner; attractively or muscularly.
2003, H. T. Brashears, Dragon Hues[1], page 43:We enter a loud bar with a buffly built bouncer blocking the door.
- Jul 18, 2006 Future of Japanese anime and manga looking bright in US San Francisco Chronicle -
- "yaoi" goes against the grain of traditional rendering of men as buffly masculine.
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