Definition of rockily in English English dictionary
- Unsteadily; inconsistently or resulting in volatility
At 13 Drew was using cocaine, and by the time she was 16 the rockily-rehabbed actress was co-authoring an autobiography about it all.
- In a manner suggestive of a rock or rocks
Patient, always humane and trustworthy, he is personally humble at the very time that he is rockily steadfast (an unsympathetic witness might say stubborn), not because he fails to understand and respect the views of others but because he refuses to compromise his own enduring values.
- In a manner suggestive of rock music
Top of the three here is “Ton Of Love”, a back beaten Tom Petty-ish album tracker with Beach Boy backing vox, slick and, get this, rockily abrasive.
- In an uneven way; in a rocking manner
The hand-held camera rockily zooms in on one of the surgeons who is holding a circular surgical saw covered in dried blood.
- Rocky
- The town of Rockhampton in Queensland
- rocky
- In the style of rock and roll music
His new album is quite rocky.
- rocky
- Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks
a rocky shore.
- rocky
- Unstable; easily rocked
The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
- rocky
- {a} full or or having rocks, stony, hard
- Rocky
- A male given name, pet form of Rocco
- Rocky
- Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of films
- Rocky
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Rocky
- rupellary
- Rocky
- ruperts drop
- rocky
- Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore
- rocky
- full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" liable to rock; "on high rocky heels
- rocky
- Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress
- rocky
- Full of or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks
- rocky
- Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield
- rocky
- abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"
- rocky
- Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom
- rocky
- A rocky place is covered with rocks or consists of large areas of rock and has nothing growing on it. The paths are often very rocky so strong boots are advisable. a rocky headland
- rocky
- Like a rock
- rocky
- liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"
- rocky
- {s} stony; swaying; shaky
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- Fig
- rocky
- A rocky situation or relationship is unstable and full of difficulties. They had gone through some rocky times together when Ann was first married. the first of a series of films in which Sylvester Stallone appears as a determined boxer called Rocky. Four more films, called Rocky II, Rocky III etc, were made about the same character (1976). adj. Marciano Rocky Rocky Mountain goat Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- rocky
- liable to rock; "on high rocky heels
- rocky
- full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
