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Meanings of stocky in English

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Having a short and solid form or stature.

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Usage of stocky in English
1
The leader was tall and lithe, the second very short but stocky.
Exposure
2
An associate of the steamship company said, The stocky one is Capt.
The new yorker
3
She was stocky, but in a powerful rather than a flabby way.
Seveneves
4
Old, stocky geraniums in the fall garden are exactly right to slip.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
5
From a distance he appeared to be in middle age, stocky, balding.
The Hellbound Heart
6
The same fine clothes, the same stocky body, the same rosy countenance.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
7
It grows in the open, is thorny, stocky, close grown, and iron-rooted.
The Land of Little Rain
8
Sand lizards are short-legged, stocky creatures with rounded snouts and short tails.
The Guardian
9
In person she is of medium height, but stocky for a Frenchwoman.
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow
10
Jack gripped the sorcerer under the arms, struggling against the stocky weight.
Street magic
11
Everyone froze but Read Omohundro, a stocky Texan and Bravo Company's commander.
The forever war
12
He was a stocky fellow, wearing blue overalls and a red sweater.
The Forbidden Trail
13
The short, stocky soldier with gray hair pulled me from the line.
Rise
14
He turned to the stocky Dwarf warrior and extended a broad hand.
The Sword of Shannara
15
Meanwhile, the stocky soldier was staring angrily beyond both Axl and Beatrice.
The buried giant
16
Hurling his stocky frame into the fight, he looked like the Minotaur.
Roma Victrix
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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