blockily
With angular shapes
In a blocky manner—with angular, chunky, or squared-off shapes rather than smooth curves.
The word describes how something is constructed, rendered, or moves: The early video game characters moved blockily across the screen.
Common in discussions of low-resolution graphics, architectural styles, or crude representations.
Lacking ease of movement
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- stiffNot easily bent
- clunkyAwkward and cumbersome
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
oafish · graceless · inelegant · uncoordinated · cumbersome · heavy-footed · ham-handed · maladroit
Six-squared-faced solid
- cuboidSix-sided rectangular solid
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- voxel3D image element
- polygonMultisided plane figure
hexahedron · tetrahedron · vertex · edge · facet · rhombus · trapezoid · octahedron
Fired clay building unit
- concreteSolid building mixture
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- monolithHuge solitary standing stone
slab · dense · massive · chunky · sturdy · robust · substantial · weighty
Vintage computing standard
- retroEvoking recent past
- low-resolutionPoor image clarity
- rasterizedConverted to pixel grid
- digitizedConverted to electronic format
bitmap · mosaic · tiled · gridded · tessellated · sprite · lo-fi · chunky
ungainly
Lacking ease of movement
gawky · oafish · graceless · inelegant · uncoordinated · cumbersome · heavy-footed · ham-handed · maladroit · ploddingly
cube
Six-squared-faced solid
polygon · hexahedron · tetrahedron · vertex · edge · facet · rhombus · trapezoid · octahedron · parallelepiped
brick
Fired clay building unit
monolith · slab · dense · massive · chunky · sturdy · robust · substantial · weighty · compact
8-bit
Vintage computing standard
- retroEvoking recent past
- low-resolutionPoor image clarity
- rasterizedConverted to pixel grid
digitized · bitmap · mosaic · tiled · gridded · tessellated · sprite · lo-fi · chunky · aliased
blockilysmoothly
Without friction or difficulty
fluidly · gracefully · curvily · curvaceously · flowingly
- blocking offObstructing entry or passage
- blocking outObstructing from awareness or view
- ad blockingHiding unwanted promotions
- call blockingRejecting incoming phone connections
- color blockingPairing solid contrasting sections
- blocking and tacklingFootball's core physical skills