cliffy

American  

[klif-ee] / ˈklɪf i /

adjective

cliffier, cliffiest

1. abounding in or formed by cliffs.

   a cliffy shoreline.

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Etymology

Origin of cliffy

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

Example Sentences

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

Its chief haunts are the waste cliffy grounds of the southern and some of the midland counties of England, where it is usually restricted to certain small districts.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.