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cliffier

cliffier is the comparative form of cliffy.

Meaning of cliffy

Adjective

cliffy (comparative cliffier, superlative cliffiest)

  1. Abounding in cliffs.
    • There is naked Nature,—inhumanly sincere, wasting no thought on man, nibbling at the cliffy shore where gulls wheel amid the spray.1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 176.
  2. Characteristic of a cliff.
    • HAG [...] 1. A rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence.1900, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: F-M, page 14

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Questions about cliffier

What is cliffier the comparative form of?
Cliffier is the comparative form of cliffy.

Words near cliffier in the dictionary

  1. cliffhangers
  2. cliffhanging
  3. cliffhangs
  4. cliffhung
  5. Cliffie
  6. cliffier
  7. cliffies
  8. cliffiest
  9. cliffing
  10. Cliffington
  11. cliffless

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