buffly

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UK/ˈbʌf.lɪ/US/ˈbʌf.li/

adverb

in a buff manner; attractively or muscularly.

“Jul 18, 2006 Future of Japanese anime and manga looking bright in US San Francisco Chronicle - "yaoi" goes against the grain of traditional rendering of men as buffly masculine.”

OriginEnglish buff ← Middle French buffle ← Old French bufle →
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Meanings

adverbbuffly (comparative more buffly, superlative most buffly)

comparative more buffly · superlative most buffly

  1. slangin a buff manner; attractively or muscularly.

    Jul 18, 2006 Future of Japanese anime and manga looking bright in US San Francisco Chronicle - "yaoi" goes against the grain of traditional rendering of men as buffly masculine.

    1 more example

    We enter a loud bar with a buffly built bouncer blocking the door.

    2003, H. T. Brashears, Dragon Hues, page 43

Origin

  1. Latinbūbalus
  2. Late Latinbufalus
  3. Italianbufalo
  4. Old Frenchbufle
  5. Middle Frenchbuffle
  6. Englishbuffe
  7. Englishbuff
  8. Englishbuffly

From buff + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with buffly

roughlyscuffly
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Anagrams

bluffy
Cite this entry
APA

buffly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffly

MLA

“buffly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffly.

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