hilly
[hil-ee]
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Origin of hilly
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Examples from the Web for hilly
Contemporary Examples
Finish in Nevada City, a quaint (and hilly) historic mining town.
As the plane makes the descent to El Paso, Berry Oakley squints down at the brown, hilly town.
Nice places to live, where the kids can run through the hilly yards behind sandstone apartment blocs.
[Laughs] For me, it was, “What was the worst thing you could do to Hilly Holbrook?”
The villain in the recent film adaptation of The Help, Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard), is an awful person.
Historical Examples
The road was crooked and hilly, and the sand in its ruts was deep.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
This disappearance of streams in hilly regions is not unusual.
England, Picturesque and DescriptiveJoel Cook
The roads now became rough and hilly, and the travelling much slower.
Australia RevengedBoomerang
Between these armies the land was rough and hilly, part of it covered with forests.
Rodney, the RangerJohn V. Lane
These hilly bogs are extremely different from any I have seen in England.
A Tour in IrelandArthur Young
Word Origin and History for hilly
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper