The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burliness \Bur"li*ness\ (b[^u]r"l[i^]*n[e^]s), n. Quality of being burly.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being burly.
Usage examples of "burliness".
Nicholas Bonner raised the horned owl’s perch slightly higher, and the bird hooted again, spreading wings as black and gray as Sia’s hair, wings so wide that the round body between seemed smaller than it was, almost fragile next to Micaela’s burliness.
Martin saw her as she had been when the journey started, five years before, sixteen and not fully grown, slenderer, with a rugged attractiveness, now become a vulnerable burliness.
She looked like a porcelain miniature following half a pace behind Buntaro, his burliness seeming even greater by comparison.
She looked like a porcelain miniature following half a pace behind Buntaro, his burliness seeming even greater by comparison.
Her eyes touched upon his wide shoulders and dipped boldly into the water, seeking the full view of the man, for it was suddenly evident to her that beside the burliness of her late husband, Maxim Seymour would have seemed as handsome as a golden-skinned god.