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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rock solid en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Physically very solid; very difficult to move.
  2. (figuratively) Very strong and dependable.
    • Wolfgang Schäuble said on Tuesday he had “no concerns” about Deutsche Bank, speaking shortly after John Cryan, who was appointed to run Germany’s biggest bank seven months ago, sent an email to his 100,000 staff to assure them the bank was “absolutely rock solid”. 2016 February 9, Jill Treanor, quoting John Cryan, “Deutsche boss tells staff the bank is ‘rock solid’ as shares slide”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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more rock solid Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rock solid Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

rock hard · solid as a rock