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stockier

stockier is the comparative form of stocky.

Meaning of stocky

Adjective

stocky (comparative stockier, superlative stockiest)

  1. Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.
    • The girl in the robe is still performing her transaction behind the counter. The transcatee is a stocky Spanish-speaking woman in an orange dress.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182

Questions about stockier

What is stockier the comparative form of?
Stockier is the comparative form of stocky.

Words near stockier in the dictionary

  1. stockhorn
  2. stockhorns
  3. stockhorse
  4. stockhorses
  5. Stocki
  6. stockier
  7. stockiest
  8. stockily
  9. stockin'
  10. stockin's
  11. Stockinbingal

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