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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It’s a common observation by first-timers to the storied golf course that it’s far hillier than it looks on TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
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
Somewhere in the mountains of Virginia, where the road grew narrower and hillier, Maribel complained that her stomach hurt.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
