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UK
/mˈʌskjʊlɐ/
]
[ US /ˈməskjəɫɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈməskjəɫɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having or suggesting great physical power or force
the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony -
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
a muscular boxer
powerful arms
a hefty athlete -
of or relating to or consisting of muscle
muscular contraction - having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
How To Use muscular In A Sentence
- The worst of the attack is over but I'm still spending a great deal of time sleeping and, although the fever's gone, the mysterious joint and muscular aches remain.
- From a pure box-office point of view, all of us can surely relish the sort of muscular macho, the one-on-one confrontation on view when a Phil Vickery meets a Christian Califano.
- This is not as much an issue of "cardio" - heart and lungs - as it is a neuromuscular issue. Running Advice and News
- He beat on the man's muscular arm, trying to pull himself free as the man opened up the door.
- Bob squeezed his muscular shoulders into the narrow confines of the top turret.
- An effective and exact method was developed to evaluate intramuscular fat content.
- There were weighty arguments against this theory, in particular the fact that people with great muscular strength and a welldeveloped panniculus adiposus were often attacked by the disease; and also that European crews, on a diet containing sufficient protein and fat, were not immune, even when they were given virtually no rice at all. Christiaan Eijkman - Nobel Lecture
- Post exam week tension is beginning to go away, but not the muscular pain from footy, and work is starting to pile up again.
- As she embraced him, she felt his shrunken arms and shuddered; the muscular vibrance that had always been the essence of his personality was completely absent. Empire of Dreams
- To make matters worse, thick, fibrous adhesions are often formed anchoring the congested, fatty tissue to the muscular layer below.