studly
- adjective
- /ˈstʌdli/
- Slang
- The studly actor captivated the audience with his charm and confidence.
- studly guy
- studly rockstar boyfriend
- studly actor
Jesse Watters spends every night talking about how studly or manly or not studly or not manly some man is.
- Jesse Watters spends every night talking about how studly or manly or not studly or not manly some man is.
Examples
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To cope with his absence, she has fallen into the arms of her studly study partner, Marty (Andre Pitre), a relationship she manages to keep from her parents.
Blog text (19) -
I, for one, welcome my studly Nordic overlords.
Blog text (31) -
If some really studly guy hit on her...
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Nick was a studly, closeted lacrosse star.
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You're like that studly rockstar boyfriend I dated in college who threw those really awesome parties and was so cool!
Academic text (2011) -
So who's the studly newcomer in Mystic Falls?
Blog text (21) -
Ever since Theo Buchanan, the studly lawyer from Boston, had started staying at Dr. Michelle Renard's home, the sexual tension had been driving her crazy.
Fiction book (2001) -
Lydia Gold never should have gone diving without her studly scuba instructor, Liam, because she was only a beginner.
Fiction book (2002) -
He seems like a studly guy from the '50s that you would want to take your daughter to the prom, but a crime-fighting mofo?
Blog text (2) -
He has a studly physique that turns heads wherever he goes.
Synonyms
Attractive in a way that makes people feel sexual interest
Being attractive, like a tall man or an elegant room
Having a strong, attractive body, often used about a man
Pleasant to look at in a simple, natural way
A person with large, strong muscles
Antonyms
How Masculine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Studly comes from stud, a word that first named a strong male animal and later a very attractive man. So studly means 'like a stud', strong, manly, and confident.