Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
Used in a Sentence
stalky
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stalky.
Editorial note
Feels creepy stalky to me, but recruiters are rarely above being creepy/stalky any more than advertisers are.
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Quick take
Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of stalky gathered in one view.
Of a plant, having stalks.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for stalky.
adjective
Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
adjective
Of a plant, having stalks.
adjective
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
Example sentences
Feels creepy stalky to me, but recruiters are rarely above being creepy/stalky any more than advertisers are.
If stalky advertising did not exist, non-stalky advertising would attract higher prices.
For women especially, highlight the $50 fee as means of filtering out the skeezy, stalky losers that proliferate on other sites.
The biggest attack surface for the iPhone is Apple/telco insiders selling data to private eyes, who sell the information to stalky psycho exes.
On one hand, it's a bit e-stalky, especially when the handle bears no resemblance to the name and just...
The actual issue is the stalky tracking of me throughout my life that is currently inseparable from the advertising.
Not all online ads are stalky (though the vast majority are), and many ad-free sites/apps/services are still stalky (directly, or via free services that they use such as many SaaS analytics options).
Though the complaint that poster replied to was more about stalky telemetry than editor/IDE features, rather than actual editing features.
If they were separate issues generally than I'd allow many more ads but block the stalky ads/services.
Leaving aside the stalky model bit, the thing that should give pause is where is the bulk of that money going to come from?
Similarly to how people are much less stalky on LinkedIn and Instagram because they know that the other person gets notified when they look.
Pulling weeds (they got really thick and stalky this year) and leveling the ground around the holes the dog digs helps keep me in shape.
Quote examples
Facebook tends to break friendships more often than not (politics), or encourage creepy stalky behavior (photos-first) or "creator" content.
I was about to drop into my spiel about “it isn't so much the adverts that bother me about web-based things, it is the stalky tracking”.
Now if you think its harder to determine this for females because the amount of noise that they get...then the computer can factor in the number of "attractive" men (as judged above) who fawn over you, either by messaging or stalky profile views.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use stalky in a sentence?
Feels creepy stalky to me, but recruiters are rarely above being creepy/stalky any more than advertisers are.
What does stalky mean?
Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
What part of speech is stalky?
stalky is commonly used as adjective.