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cliffy

American  
[klif-ee] / ˈklɪf i /

adjective

cliffier, cliffiest
  1. abounding in or formed by cliffs.

    a cliffy shoreline.


Etymology

Origin of cliffy

First recorded in 1530–40; cliff + -y 1

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, this is the start of what many consider the hardest part of the ride — five miles of ribbon-thin trail pasted onto the vast, cliffy, scree-littered slope of the mesa.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2021

The rest of the plan calls for five additional chairlifts and three poma lifts, which will access new areas of the mountain, including a cliffy backcountry area known as La Laguna.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I negotiated — not prettily, but successfully — the run’s cliffy crux, visions of the hot tub, sauna and a facial at the Four Seasons spa danced through my head.

From Washington Post

With the sea literally at their backs, on a cliffy tongue of land, they had built their tingle wail across the root of the tongue.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Three counties, Napa County, Lake County, and Sonoma County, march across its cliffy shoulders.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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