Words / B2

MUSK-y-uh-l-uh/ˈmʌskjələ/

Muscular means having well-developed muscles, or relating to the muscles: a muscular contraction; a muscular build. Strong is everyday; muscle is the noun (earlier in this set). Not a body-image caption. Mix-up: musical is of music; muscular Christianity is a history phrase. Do not write muscular for “musical”.

Meaning

Having well-developed muscles; also relating to the muscles.

Examples

• “A muscular contraction featured in the PE paper, not a body-image caption.”
• “A muscular defence of the method featured in the evaluation, which is the forceful-writing sense.”

Good to know

muscular + noun; muscular contraction / system. Noun: muscle. Trap: musical. PE, biology, and sometimes essays (forceful). Of muscles, not of music.

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