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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


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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

A little cliffy hill cut the valley in two parts, and stood close on the beach; and at high water the sea broke right on the face of it, so that all passage was stopped.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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