ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rockily

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Rockily is an adverb meaning In an uneven way; in a rocking manner.

Meaning

In an uneven way; in a rocking manner.

More Meanings

  1. In a manner suggestive of a rock or rocks.
  2. Unsteadily; inconsistently or resulting in volatility.
  3. In a manner suggestive of rock music.

Example Sentences

Ten minutes before serving whisk up the whites of eggs with a little sugar and pile rockily on top.
The hand-held camera rockily zooms in on one of the surgeons who is holding a circular surgical saw covered in dried blood.
Roads, railway, river, streams, a world in accurate and lively detail, with mountains sticking up abruptly and rockily, as the old painters painted it.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rockably, rollickingly, jumpily, unevenly, roughly, shakingly.

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