blocky
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈblɑːki/
:
cuadrado
- This is a beautiful orange blocky bell pepper.
- blocky buildings
- blocky letters
- blocky shape
That's how you're able to have figures that don't look stiff and blocky.
- That's how you're able to have figures that don't look stiff and blocky.
- It's got the kind of squarish, blocky shape.
- Just like I said for the the style, keep it, keep it kind of blocky and, and just, yeah, it's easier for for the rebuild type stuff.
Examples
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The apartment was in a complex of two-story, blocky red brick buildings anchored in islands of parched grass.
Fiction book (1999) -
Charlie has a large, square face and a likewise blocky body.
Fiction book (1999) -
The layout was blocky, and it was harder to tell who currently worked at the company.
Blog text (26) -
There were letters, too, written out in a blocky hand, all capitals.
Fiction book (2000) -
Madison Square Garden and a blocky office tower replaced the formerly grand public space.
Blog text (16) -
And that mosaic, of course, looks even blockier than the original.
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Her dancers, and at first they were all women, were blocky and imposing, projecting a sense of primitive power.
Academic text (2005) -
The horse bobbed his blocky head up and down, his shaggy ears pricked forward as he eyed her nervously.
Fiction book (1991) -
The children's building blocks were bright and blocky, making them easy to stack.
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He admired the blocky design of the new office building, which stood out against the skyline.
Synonyms
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3.5
Thick and full of small pieces, like peanut butter
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3.2
A shape like a box with straight sides and sharp corners
1
8.6
Having a simple box shape
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3.1
A thing that is shaped like a brick with flat rectangular sides
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3.7
Shaped like a box with straight sides and sharp corners
Shaped like a solid box with straight edges
Having six flat square sides and sharp corners like a box
Thick and flat like a large piece of stone or concrete
Antonyms
How Blocky
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word blocky comes from block, a 'solid piece' or a child's building block, plus the ending -y that turns it into a describing word. So blocky is 'having the shape or look of blocks', which is why we use it for chunky, square, or solid shapes.