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ripply

/ˈɹɪp.liː/

ripply adjective: having ripples.

Adjective

ripply (comparative ripplier, superlative rippliest)

  1. Having ripples.
    • Well, by this time I was most down to the foot of the island. A little ripply, cool breeze begun to blow, and that was as good as saying the night was about done.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC

Forms of ripply

comparativeripplier
superlativerippliest
alternative formrippley

Origin of ripply

From ripple + -y.

Questions about ripply

What does ripply mean?
Ripply means having ripples.
What part of speech is ripply?
Ripply is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ripply?
Ripply is pronounced /ˈɹɪp.liː/.

Words near ripply in the dictionary

  1. ripplingly
  2. ripplings
  3. ripplon
  4. ripplonic
  5. ripplons
  6. ripply
  7. rippon
  8. Ripponden
  9. Ripponlea
  10. rippons
  11. Ripps

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