hilly

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hilly

  • /ˈhɪli/

Rhymes with -ɪli

Where it comes from

From Middle English hilly, hylly, hully, equivalent to hill + -y.

adjective hillier · hilliest · hillie

  1. of a landscape Abundant in hills; having many hills. The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve.

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Closest in meaning: mountainous, cragged, craggy, rough, unsmooth, upland, montane, highland, undulating, rolling, wrecked, rugged, helle, uneven, healey, haley

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adj abounding in hills

Españolmontuoso, con muchas colinas, con muchas lombas, con muchas lomadas, con muchas lomas
Portuguêscolinoso
Françaisvallonné
Deutschhügelig
Italianocollinoso
Ελληνικάλοφώδης lofódis
Românădeluros
Русскийхолми́стый xolmístyj

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@misc{hilly_2026,
  title = {hilly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hilly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}