blockier; blockiest
1
: resembling a block in form : chunky
2
: filled with or made up of blocks or patches

Examples of blocky in a Sentence

a shoe with a thick, blocky heel
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Meanwhile, British sportswear brand Lonsdale’s blocky logo on T-shirts unintentionally contained a Nazi reference. Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 These shrikes are smaller than robins but have large, blocky heads, hence the name loggerhead. Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025 Nestled behind walls and a double interlocking iron gate, the blocky and angular structure offers a total of six bedrooms and seven baths in 11,800 square feet on three levels accented throughout with travertine and skylights. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025 One of the strongest examples of this new trend is French designer Llewellyn Chupin’s Ritual of Adornment collection, which offered a strong contrast between the blocky furniture silhouettes and the delicate ornamentation festooning them. Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blocky

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of blocky was in 1563

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“Blocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blocky. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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