hilly
See also: Hilly
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hilly, hylly, hully, equivalent to hill + -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhɪli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪli
Adjective
[edit]hilly (comparative hillier, superlative hilliest)
- (of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.
- 1962 August, “More W.R. services in jeopardy”, in Modern Railways, page 82, photo caption:
- The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve.
- 1972, Chi Hsin, “Where the Sunghua River Flows”, in The Seeds and Other Stories[1], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 145:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]abounding in hills
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Scots
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hilly
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