Clifty

//ˈklɪfti// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy. obsolete

    "Down the clifty gorge – its walls of solid sandstone, cloven to the bare heart of the range by the fierce momentum of the waters – the bounding river came."

Example

More examples

"Down the clifty gorge – its walls of solid sandstone, cloven to the bare heart of the range by the fierce momentum of the waters – the bounding river came."

Etymology

From clift + -y.

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