Portliness | Word Portliness at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

Common call him, from his cheery portliness of aspect.
His height is about five feet ten inches; his figure very well made and slightly inclining to portliness.
One day, at the end of office hours, he was visited by a man of about fifty whose portliness added to his dignity.
One cannot sing of the reverse: no poet could seriously lift up his voice in praise of her "ample waist" or "graceful portliness."

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