hilly
adjective
hillier
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comparativeof hilly.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Overwhelmed by the massive demand — especially with water-dropping aircraft grounded at some points by strong winds — fire hydrants in the hillier elevations of the Palisades ran dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
In hillier areas, landslides destroyed roads and bridges collapsed.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
Walkers who take the hillier route to the left will pass Serra’s “Contour 290,” a towering 2004 steel twist that curves around a grove of trees.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
A much larger group of common whites, many of them poor ex-servants, struggled to find their own farms, often in hillier or less fertile districts far from the coast.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Starting from the sandy southern point, the island grew wider and greener and hillier until it finally jutted up into the rocky cone of the mountain.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
