blocky

American  

[blok-ee] / ˈblɒk i /

adjective

blockier, blockiest

1. heavily built; solid; stocky.

2. marked by blocks or patches of unequally distributed light and shade, as in a photograph.

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blocky British  

adjective

1. like a block, esp in shape and solidity

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Other Word Forms

• blockiness noun

Etymology

Origin of blocky

First recorded in 1870–75; block + -y ¹

Example Sentences

His colors are as intense as Münter’s, but his forms are freer, less blocky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

But I do like clothes that are bright and blocky, and LF Markey does great workwear, which you can get online as well as at their east London store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

“Eternity,” set in a way station resembling a blocky airport Radisson at capacity, may never become pantheon material.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Even the logo jumps out like a birthday cake topper, with the number “70” alternately blocky and rounded as if constructed out of frosting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

It was a brown hand, all blocky from being made out of Lego bricks.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore