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[ adjective ] abounding in rocks or stones

Examples

"rocky fields" "stony ground" "bouldery beaches"

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

It was not as_though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years , not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle_Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages , two births , one divorce ) , Christmas and Easter_cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years .

Related terms

rough

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[ adjective ] liable to rock

Examples

"on high rocky heels"

Related terms

unstable

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[ adjective ] full of hardship or trials

Synonyms

rough

Examples

"the rocky road to success" "they were having a rough time"

Related terms

difficult

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