STOCKILY

stockily

(adverb) so as to be stocky; “he was stockily built”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

stockily (comparative more stockily, superlative most stockily)

In a stocky manner.

Source: Wiktionary


STOCKY

Stock"y, a. Etym: [From Stock.]

1. Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison. Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

2. Headstrong. [Prov. Eng.] G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.

coffee icon