hilly
/ˈhɪli/
hilly adjective: abundant in hills; having many hills.
Adjective
hilly (comparative hillier, superlative hilliest)
- Abundant in hills; having many hills.
- The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve.1962 August, “More W.R. services in jeopardy”, in Modern Railways, page 82, photo caption
- Our first stop is in Antu County, Kirin Province, a rugged and hilly extension of the Changpai foothills. The temperature in midsummer lingers around 20° C.1972, Chi Hsin, “Where the Sunghua River Flows”, in The Seeds and Other Stories, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 145
hilly meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
hilly in Tamil
- மலைப்பாங்கான, மலைசார்ந்த
hilly in Marathi
- hilly, mountainous
- डोंगराळ ḍoṅgrāḷ
hilly in Urdu
- کوہستانی, پہاڑی, پتھریلا, سنگلاخ
hilly in Malayalam
- കുന്നുംമേടുമായ, ഉയരമുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- hilly in Kannada
- ಮಲ
- hilly in Punjabi
- ਪਹਾੜੀ pahāṛī, پہاڑی pahāṛī
- hilly in Assamese
- পাহাৰীয়া paharia
- hilly in Persian
- تپه ماهور tappe-mâhur
Examples of hilly in a sentence
- A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
- Hilly howled as he lit the lamp and dove toward us clad in only his gotch.
- It’s hilly and green, lots of trees, high above sea level.”
Forms of hilly
| comparative | hillier |
|---|---|
| superlative | hilliest |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hillie |
Origin of hilly
From Middle English hilly, hylly, hully, equivalent to hill + -y.
Words formed from hilly
Words that rhyme with hilly
Questions about hilly
- What does hilly mean?
- Hilly means abundant in hills; having many hills.
- What is hilly in Tamil?
- Hilly in Tamil is மலைப்பாங்கான, மலைசார்ந்த. See Hilly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hilly?
- Hilly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hilly?
- Hilly is pronounced /ˈhɪli/.
Words near hilly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hilly (page history and authors); hilly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); डोंगराळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); hilly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hilly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hilly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پہاڑی (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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