rockier

Adjective (1)

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
   • a rocky mountain a rocky shore
2. Like a rock; rigid, solid.
   • Marsh went on as his prisoner drank. "Because you're caught in the middle of my alternate plan, Ram-Jam, which ram-jams your ass between the rockiest rock and the hardest hard place you ever imagined.1988, Lloyd Pye Lloyd Pye, Mismatch, →ISBN, page 134

   Synonyms:

   flinty, rocklike, rock-like, stonelike

3. (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
4. (archaic, figuratively) Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.
   • to have a rocky heart
5. (slang) Having little or no money; stony broke.
   • "Come, George, fork out. I'm sorry if you're rocky too but it's an absolute that it's no good going back without it."
   • "'Rocky,' my God!" said George, echoing her shallow laugh. "Well—but how much do you need to square it?"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Adjective (2)

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

1. Easily rocked; unstable.
   • The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.

   Synonyms:

   tottering, wobbly

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