Riffly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shallow and fast-flowing.

    "I was confronted with that question on a crisp morning last month on Coldwater Pool, a riffly, copper-tinted stretch of the Miramichi River owned by Wilson's Sporting Camps."

Example

More examples

"I was confronted with that question on a crisp morning last month on Coldwater Pool, a riffly, copper-tinted stretch of the Miramichi River owned by Wilson's Sporting Camps."

Etymology

From riffle + -y.

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