muscularly
In powerful fashion
In a manner showing muscular strength or development: He moved muscularly through the crowd.
The word also describes actions performed with physical power or force, and extends to vigorous, forceful expression: The essay argues muscularly for reform.
Contracting muscles voluntarily
- contractingReducing in volume
- exertingApplying with effort
- strainingExerting intense effort
- tensingMaking or becoming taut
gripping · lifting · heaving · pushing · pulling · grappling · clenching · bracing
With considerable strength
- vigorouslyWith forceful enthusiasm
- forcefullyWith strong intensity
- mightilyWith great power
- stronglyWith much force
robustly · sturdily · solidly · firmly · assertively · dominantly · commandingly · authoritatively
Physically powerful, well-muscled
- burlyHeavily muscled and broad
- strappingMuscular and hale
- powerfulHaving great strength
- sinewyLean yet muscular
chiseled · sculpted · toned · ripped · buff · bulging · defined · broad-shouldered
Threadlike structural strands
- bicepsUpper arm flexors
- tricepsThree-headed arm muscle
- deltoidsShoulder cap muscles
- pectoralsChest wall muscles
quadriceps · hamstrings · calves · forearms · trapezius · latissimus · abdominals · glutes
flexing
Contracting muscles voluntarily
- contractingReducing in volume
- exertingApplying with effort
- strainingExerting intense effort
tensing · gripping · lifting · heaving · pushing · pulling · grappling · clenching · bracing · thrusting
powerfully
With considerable strength
- vigorouslyWith forceful enthusiasm
- forcefullyWith strong intensity
- mightilyWith great power
strongly · robustly · sturdily · solidly · firmly · assertively · dominantly · commandingly · authoritatively · boldly
brawny
Physically powerful, well-muscled
sinewy · chiseled · sculpted · toned · ripped · buff · bulging · defined · broad-shouldered · athletic
fibers
Threadlike structural strands
pectorals · quadriceps · hamstrings · calves · forearms · trapezius · latissimus · abdominals · glutes · tendons
rigid
Unable to bend
tight · knotted · cramped · spasming · locked · seized · constricted · coiled · wound-up · braced
muscularlyweakly
Without much force
feebly · powerlessly · frailly · faintly · flimsily
muscularlyscrawnily
In a bony way
frailly · skeletally · wispily · gauntly · slenderly
muscularlyfeebly
Without vigor or power
weakly · faintly · listlessly · ineffectually · limply
- muscular dystrophyGenetic muscle-wasting condition
- muscular buildWell-developed physical form
- muscular systemBody's movement apparatus
- muscular bodyPhysique with developed sinews
- muscular enduranceSustained contraction capability
- muscular dystrophiesHereditary muscle-wasting conditions