ridgy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ridgy
Example Sentences
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The tree-tops sank downward, the hills dropped noiselessly through space, and directly the Chickahominy was visible beyond us, winding like a ribbon of silver through the ridgy landscape.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
On the Col he had, as it were, stood aloof, and looked abroad on a vast and glorious region; now, he was involved in its rocky, ridgy, woody details.
From Rivers of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
On this hand is a stream of water, clear as crystal; on that is the ridgy, wavy, lofty mass of a purple Alp.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
Was she attracted to the ridgy scars on my cheeks half revealed by my scarf?—to me they have a pleasing symmetry.
From The Night of the Long Knives by Virgil Finlay
For a little while he loitered on the esplanade, gazing out toward the sea, the ridgy waves of which were sparkling like emeralds tipped with diamonds in the grand glow of the setting sun.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various
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