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• s  broad in the beam
  a beamy cargo ship
• s  radiating or as if radiating light

• One is short and petite, the other extraordinarily tall and pleasantly beamy.
• The "saltbankers" that sailed out of the Maritime Provinces and Down-East ports half a century ago had to be capacious and beamy enough to hold their fish, yet fast enough to race.
• Do you ever encourage your spouse to wear those pants that make him or her look beamy? These are all challenges that scummy-yummy couples must deal with to survive.

• beaming
• effulgent
• radiant
• refulgent