stockier; stockiest
: compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build
Examples of stocky in a Sentence
That outfit makes you look stocky.
the stocky boxer's strength and speed more than make up for his opponent's longer reach
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Prior to the arrival of police at the site of the deadly stabbing, a stocky bald man and a thin woman wearing her hair in a ponytail — both described as possibly homeless — were seen leaving the area in separate directions.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
The priest was an Assyrian monk, a stocky, bushy-bearded man with long black hair; the girl looked to be about 11.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan James Patrick Cronin Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy Everglades for the better part of winter.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
By contrast, the large but not gigantic great white is fairly stocky.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
The priest was an Assyrian monk, a stocky, bushy-bearded man with long black hair; the girl looked to be about 11.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan James Patrick Cronin Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy Everglades for the better part of winter.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
By contrast, the large but not gigantic great white is fairly stocky.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stocky
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“Stocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stocky. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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