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hilly

hilly

11 1.0
An area with many hills
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɪli/
translation icon : ondulado
  • Here, the rolling steppe had turned hilly, trapping water and allowing the trees to grow.
  • hilly land
  • hilly terrain
  • hilly area

Imagine looking down at a bit of hilly terrain, OK.

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Examples

  • And you see what it looks like today is a is a hilly town that is located not too far from Athens.

  • Nat could tell they were passing through hilly countryside because he could see the hills against the horizon.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And then right behind was a level and then it went into a hilly area, up a hill and back for a couple miles.

  • Now tell me, is it a hilly road?

  • Is it a hilly road or is it a flat road?

  • Compared to Hell's Kitchen, it seemed open and hilly with lots of trees.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Some areas are moist, others dry; some are hilly, others flat.

    Academic text (1994)
  • This is a hilly terrain which varies in both directions.

  • The street she lived on was hilly, and every day she huffed its slope, asking questions to herself.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The hilly landscape is ideal for hiking and enjoying nature.

Synonyms

mountainous
vshilly
24 3.4

A region that has many mountains and steep slopes

describes many moderate rises rather than extremely large peaks
upland
vshilly
1 5.1

In high, hilly country away from low flat land

refers to many raised areas rather than mere location above low land
hillocky
vshilly
6.8

Ground with many small hills making it bumpy

has many larger raised areas not only small mounds
hummocky
vshilly
8.3

An area with many small rounded hills or mounds

has larger or regular raised areas rather than tiny mounds

How Hilly

mountainous
24 3.4
hilly
11 1.0
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

hilly positive
hillier comparative
hilliest superlative

Morphology

hilly = hill (transparent) = hill + y

Standard adjective formation from 'hill' + '-y'; the meaning 'full of hills' is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Hilly comes from the basic word hill plus the ending -y, which makes words mean 'full of', just like in snowy or windy. So hilly means 'full of hills' or 'having many hills'.