Hilly
['hɪlɪ] or ['hɪli]
Definition
(a.) Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
(a.) Lofty; as, hilly empire.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- I should like to be, said I, glancing at the slate as he held it; with a misgiving that the writing was rather hilly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Devonshire you know is a very hilly country, and the air is almost as pure as that in Italy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- While the river runs in a narrow, confined channel in the upper hilly country, only a small surface is exposed; a greater as the river widens. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There were the two wings of the building; there was the garden; there were the skirts of Lowood; there was the hilly horizon. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We descended from Mount Tabor, crossed a deep ravine, followed a hilly, rocky road to Nazareth--distant two hours. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The connection between the two places was by a hilly turnpike-road, and the travelling on that road was very slow. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- By which means, or by others, he grew rich as a Dust Contractor, and lived in a hollow in a hilly country entirely composed of Dust. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The field was hilly and rough, and the reaper careened about in it like a ship in a gale. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Beautiful city, beautiful green hilly landscape behind it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Babbage