Port″ly, a. [From Port demeanor.] 1. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.
2. Bulky; corpulent. “A portly personage.” Dickens.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.