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BRAWNINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brawniness mean?
• BRAWNINESS (noun)
The noun BRAWNINESS has 1 sense:
1. possessing muscular strength
Familiarity information: BRAWNINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing muscular strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brawn; brawniness; heftiness; muscle; muscularity; sinew
Hypernyms ("brawniness" is a kind of...):
strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)
Derivation:
brawny ((of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful)
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