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stockiness

n. The state or quality of being stocky.

Usage examples of "stockiness".

He was of medium height, a stockiness turning plump, an undistinguished face, an ordinary tweed sports outfit.

They lined the room, the seven princes, each of them a close copy of his father down to the cold gray eyes, the stockiness of frame—all but the one called Biterulve, rather less sturdy than the others, and pale of aspect, though he at least had the royal eyes.

Thayle did not seem as pretty as she had last night, now that Joseph could see the Folkish stockiness of her frame, but she looked sweet and cheerful and Joseph liked her smooth clear skin and the bright sheen of her yellow hair.

The dome of a head suggested a picture she had seen somewhere of a deep-sea diving suit—an impression reinforced by the stockiness of the proportions.

There was a certain stockiness about him, a calm solidity only to be met in the older people.

It gave him a stockiness that wasn't his, and showed his jacket as a poor fit.