2. Adverb. In a manner suggestive of a rock or rocks. ¹
3. Adverb. Unsteadily; inconsistently or resulting in volatility. ¹
4. Adverb. In a manner suggestive of rock music. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rockily
1. in a rocky manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockily
Literary usage of Rockily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The "Queen" Cookery Books by S. Beaty-Pownall (1902)
"Any of these ways can be used with plain ice put in rockily, but perhaps the
prettiest effect is obtained if the casing is made by fixing the cake, nougat, ..."
2. The "Queen" Cookery Books by S. Beaty-Pownall (1904)
"Whisk these all well together till thickened and quite velvety, then pile them
up rockily over the blancmange and leave it all to set. ..."
3. Sweets. by S Beaty-Pownall (1904)
"Whisk these all well together till thickened and quite velvety, then pile them
up rockily over the blancmange and leave it all to set. ..."
4. Ices by S. Beaty-Pownall (1899)
"Any of these ways can be used with plain ice put in rockily, but perhaps the
prettiest effect is obtained if the casing is made by fixing the cake, nougat, ..."
5. Vegetables by S. Beaty-Pownall (1902)
"... then mix them with just liquid aspic, or any mayonnaise aspic to taste, and
either mould them or serve them piled up rockily in the centre of a dish. ..."
6. Fish by S. Beaty-Pownall (1903)
"... and pile it all over the heap of lobster aspic, as rockily as you can, dust
lightly with coralline pepper and minced tarragon, and serve garnished with ..."
7. Forty Years in a Moorland Parish: Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in by John Christopher Atkinson (1891)
"... with a narrower course, and a bottom rockily uneven enough to insist upon a
good deal of acrobatic motion on the part of the stream. ..."
8. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1882)
"It rises rockily and massively from the water, and is pierced by a natural arch
or tunnel, 54 feet high, lighted by an opening at the top, and permitting ..."
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