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[ UK /mˈʌskjʊlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈməskjəɫɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or suggesting great physical power or force
    the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony
  2. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
    a muscular boxer
    powerful arms
    a hefty athlete
  3. of or relating to or consisting of muscle
    muscular contraction
  4. 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.
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