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siltier

siltier is the comparative form of silty.

Meaning of silty

Adjective

silty (comparative siltier, superlative siltiest)

  1. Having a noticeable amount of silt.
    • The silty river needed its channel dredged periodically to remain navigable.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of silt.

Questions about siltier

What is siltier the comparative form of?
Siltier is the comparative form of silty.

Words near siltier in the dictionary

  1. siltations
  2. siltbush
  3. silted
  4. silted up
  5. silthiofam
  6. siltier
  7. siltiest
  8. siltiness
  9. silting
  10. silting up
  11. siltite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: siltier (page history and authors); silty (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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