adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Rising in a ridge or ridges; having ridges.

   "The land around here is very ridgy, so we get too little sun between ridges and too much wind at the tops."

Synonyms

All synonyms

ridged

Example

More examples

"The aliens' upper arms are ridgy."

Etymology

From ridge + -y.

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