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MR. VAN DAAN, a tall, portly man in his late forties, is in the main room, pacing up and down, nervously smoking a cigarette. His clothes and overcoat are expensive and well cut. What is the meaning of
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MR. VAN DAAN, a tall, portly man in his late forties, is in the main room, pacing up and down, nervously smoking a cigarette. His clothes and overcoat are expensive and well cut.

What is the meaning of the word portly in this passage?

thin
stout
anxious
energetic

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Stout

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Portly is having a stout body, somewhat fat

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