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siltiest

siltiest is the superlative 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 siltiest

What is siltiest the superlative form of?
Siltiest is the superlative form of silty.

Words near siltiest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: siltiest (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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