cliffy
cliffy adjective: abounding in cliffs.
Adjective
cliffy (comparative cliffier, superlative cliffiest)
- 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.
- Where did they all live? I wondered. My curiosity was soon destined to be gratified. Turning to the left the string of litters followed the cliffy sides of the crater for a distance of about half a mile, or perhaps a little less, and then halted.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- 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
Noun
cliffy (plural cliffies)
- A cliffhanger (dramatic stopping point in a story).
- All your questions won't be answered in the first book. It may end on a cliffhanger that leads into book 2. It's a mild cliffy, but it's there none the less.2016, Lexy Timms, No Rush
Forms of cliffy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | cliffier |
| superlative | cliffiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | cliffies |
Origin of cliffy
From cliff + -y.
Words that rhyme with cliffy
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Questions about cliffy
- What does cliffy mean?
- Cliffy means abounding in cliffs.
- What part of speech is cliffy?
- Cliffy can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near cliffy in the dictionary
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