More muscular, stronger, or more substantial; comparative form of beefy.
From 'beef' + comparative suffix '-ier'; developed in 20th-century English to describe physical characteristics.
Bodybuilding magazines and fitness culture drove the popularity of 'beefier' in the 1960s-70s, and it remains one of the most common ways English speakers describe increased muscle mass.
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