Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Blockish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In photography, having the appearance of being printed in blocks, from an unequal distribution of light and shade.
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- adjective Resembling a block in
shape .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a block in shape
Etymologies
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Examples
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Trying to make a girl look sexy in blocky Minimates form is demented.
Coming Up: Marvel Comics Due June 2010 » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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That plan, described as "blocky" in the presentation given to tenants, wouldn't retain the current sight lines and offers fewer amenities than the broader plan.
Harlem Growth Plans Face Hurdles Wesley Lowery 2011
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The Bushe has been described as a blocky kind of a lava while the younger lava which also form escarpments have been described as having splintery properties that may not give way to form the rounded and blocky shapes the artisans wanted.
DesiPundit 2010
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The Bushe has been described as a blocky kind of a lava while the younger lava which also form escarpments have been described as having splintery properties that may not give way to form the rounded and blocky shapes the artisans wanted.
DesiPundit Suvrat Kher 2010
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There is nothing blocky, which is always a plus, and everything has a sense of being real.
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If that ends up looking to "blocky", you may be able to add some trim over the seam (where the band joins the dress) to help break things up.
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The avatar looking at the art exhibit appears as a video game character--a somewhat abstract, slightly "blocky" artistic rendering of human--while the photo of a person in the art exhibit itself appears to be "realistic" given that it is an actual photograph.
Archives for the Networked Age DJ Zoe Trop 2008
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That she was somewhat "blocky" above water was doubtless true of her, as of most of her class; but that she was not unshapely below the water-line is quite certain, for the re markable return passage she made to England
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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The rocky, mountainous terrain, partly obscured by clouds, looks good, as do the grass and trees further down the slopes; a low flyover doesn't expose the kind of blocky textures present in the original game.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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The rocky, mountainous terrain, partly obscured by clouds, looks good, as do the grass and trees further down the slopes; a low flyover doesn't expose the kind of blocky textures present in the original game.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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