BULKY (bulkier, bulkiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: bulkier    , bulkiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bulky mean? 

• BULKY (adjective)
  The adjective BULKY has 1 sense:

1. of large size for its weight

  Familiarity information: BULKY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULKY (adjective)

Comparative: bulkier   
Superlative: bulkiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of large size for its weight

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

bulk (the property possessed by a large mass)

bulk (the property of something that is great in magnitude)

bulkiness (an unwieldy largeness)

 Context examples 

Two days later he received a bulky envelope, which contained a short note from the detective, and a typewritten document, which covered several pages of foolscap.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Dear me, dear me, how unfortunate!” cried Milverton, taking out a bulky pocketbook.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is characterized by a spectrum of lesions that range from single or multiple cysts to bulky overgrowth of bronchiole-like structures.

(Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung, NCI Thesaurus)

He drew a bulky manuscript from his outside coat pocket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

These microscopes have bulky lenses and specialized optical components that are difficult to scale down and implement in a small, portable device.

(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)

Such a basis fundamentally limits the size of spectrometers in respect: they are usually bulky and complex, and challenging to shrink to sizes much smaller than a coin.

(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)

It is often large and bulky and grows quickly.

(CSP, NCI Dictionary)

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a mechanism to recognize and repair bulky DNA damage caused by compounds, environmental carcinogens, and exposure to UV-light.

(Nucleotide Excision Repair Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Methylcellulose is not absorbed by the intestines and attracts large amounts of water into the colon, thereby increasing viscosity, producing a softer and bulkier stool and stimulating the constriction of intestinal smooth muscles.

(Methylcellulose, NCI Thesaurus)

He is a bulky man, and couldn't get through the window.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)