a. U. S. colloq. [f. CHUNK1 + -Y1.] Of broad stout build; thickset, ‘stumpy.’
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., II. xii. 124. Their chief…, a short chunky fellow.
1884. C. C. Buel, in Century Mag., Jan., 370/2. The chunky Dutch pilot and his leather bag were lifted safely over the bulwarks.
Hence Chunkiness.
1879. Daily News, 8 Jan., 4/7. That toughness, chunkiness, and of course ‘pluck,’ not girlish beauty, not hair of gold and eyes that mock the violet, are the charms of Mrs. Anderson.
