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reefier

reefier is the comparative form of reefy.

Meaning of reefy

Adjective

reefy (comparative reefier, superlative reefiest)

  1. containing reefs.
    • I sit up to see myself safe through the narrow passage between Flat Island and Round Island, and fall asleep at last to the monotonous chant of so many "fathoms and no bottom," for we take soundings every five minutes or so in this reefy region.1878, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.

Questions about reefier

What is reefier the comparative form of?
Reefier is the comparative form of reefy.

Words near reefier in the dictionary

  1. reefers
  2. reefest
  3. reeffish
  4. reefgobies
  5. reefgoby
  6. reefier
  7. reefiest
  8. reefing
  9. reefing bowsprit
  10. reefing bowsprits
  11. reefings

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