skyrockety

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

skyrocket +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

skyrockety (comparative more skyrockety, superlative most skyrockety)

  1. Suddenly surging or spiking upward.
    • 2020, Amélie Louise Rives, Shadows of Flames:
      [] and his brilliancy of the unstable, skyrockety sort that peters out in talk and scribbling.
    • 2022, Rex Beach, The Ne'er-Do-Well:
      Do you realize the skyrockety nature of your progress, young man? Lord! You take my breath.