muscley
Having prominent sinews
Muscley is an informal variant spelling of muscly, meaning having well-developed or prominent muscles: He's gotten all muscley since he started going to the gym.
The extra E reflects how many speakers naturally pronounce the word, avoiding the awkward consonant cluster of "muscly."
Physically powerful, well-muscled
- burlyHeavily muscled and broad
- beefyHeavily muscled, stocky
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
- sinewyLean yet muscular
strapping · hulking · ripped · jacked · shredded · toned · chiseled · sculpted
Extremely muscular, informally
- henchSlang for muscular
- yokedJoined by a wooden beam
- stackedArranged in a heap
- beefcakeMuscular male eye candy
hunky · macho · strongman · meathead · tank · beast · bruiser · linebacker
brawny
Physically powerful, well-muscled
sinewy · strapping · hulking · ripped · jacked · shredded · toned · chiseled · sculpted · athletic
swole
Extremely muscular, informally
beefcake · hunky · macho · strongman · meathead · tank · beast · bruiser · linebacker · gorilla
hypertrophy
Tissue enlargement via cells
physique · posing · flexing · dumbbells · benchpress · deadlift · squat · reps · sets · gains
biceps
Upper arm flexors
quadriceps · hamstrings · calves · glutes · abs · lats · trapezius · forearms · tendons · fibers
muscleyscrawny
Unattractively thin and bony
skinny · weedy · puny · unmuscular · bony
- muscle shirtSleeveless athletic garment
- pulled muscleOverstretched muscle fibers
- muscle memoryAutomatic physical skill retention
- muscle achesPain in soft tissue
- sore muscles
- muscle crampsInvoluntary painful tissue contractions
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