Riffly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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