Hilly

Word HILLY
Character 5
Hyphenation hill y
Pronunciations /ˈhɪli/

Definitions and meanings of "Hilly"

What do we mean by hilly?

Having many hills. adjective

Similar to a hill; steep. adjective

Abounding in hills: as, a hilly country.

Like a hill; lofty; elevated.

Large and rounded.

Abounding with hills; uneven in surface. adjective

Lofty. adjective

Abounding in hills adjective

Having hills and crags adjective

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hilly

The word "hilly" in example sentences

I don; t see any stats pertaining on getting a 200 pound deer and a 200 pound hunter out of the hunting area which is 15 mile from the truck and in hilly terrain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

May 9th, 2008 2: 35 pm ET hilly is working on 'if I can't win, obama shouldn't win either' principle. ❋ Unknown (2008)

May 8th, 2008 11: 22 pm ET hilly is a BITTER LOOSER!!!!!!!!!!!! ❋ Unknown (2008)

In areas where the altitude was high and the climate was cold, New World crops such as corns and potatoes that were suitable for cultivation in hilly areas helped immigrants, including the Han, Miao, and Yao people. 118 ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many municipal water systems must install pressure regulators to moderate their water pressure to keep from damaging distribution piping (in hilly areas, anyway, like mine is). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many military farms were situated in hilly areas and surrounded by non-Han environments and "barbarians." ❋ Unknown (2008)

This national forest in hilly ponderosa pine country is so big one state can't contain it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Living in hilly Seattle and not being an avid rider, the 8 speed is an absolute must and I think switching from car to this bike is definitely a step (pedal) in the right direction! ❋ Unknown (2006)

Especially in hilly areas like in SMA, a store or home may not have access at sidewalk level and so half the narrow sidewalk is taken up by a step or two leading into the store or home, or there is a sunken step leading to that door that an unsuspecting person could fall into. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Two closely related elements accounted for the increase of arable lands: the reclamation of hilly areas and introduction of New World Crops. 119 James Lee estimates that more than half a million immigrants chose or were forced to live in hilly areas in the southwest. 120 The exploitation of hilly areas weakened the vertical ethnic segregation that had been partially created by the Ming migration. 121 The rich and the well-to-do lived on the fertile land in the bazi, while the poor moved up into the mountains, intertwining ethnic distribution with class conflict. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Quite pleased with myself, because I’ve been very bad about cycling since moving here, mainly because I have my garage studio to play with, and because I sort of hate the roads round here, which are too hilly (if you need to know how hilly is too hilly, just imagine any gradient at all), not to mention the farmyard smells. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I live in hilly upstate NY and haven’t met a hill I can’t eventually get up. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The copious fall of dew is indispensable to the fruitfulness of lands, which would be otherwise arid and sterile through the violent heat; and it abounds most in hilly regions, such as Canaan, hence called the "fat land" (Ne plenty of corn and wine -- Palestine was famous for vineyards, and it produced varieties of corn, namely, wheat, barley, oats, and rye. ❋ Unknown (1871)

This alternative model soon came to be known as the hilly flanks theory. ❋ MICHAEL BALTER (2005)

The next division, that which embraces the centre of the continent, can scarcely be called hilly, for what hills there are are very low. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Kas-el-Fael, by Fazoglo and Fadessi, to Kaffa and Bany; the road, as the latter places are approached, being described as hilly and very woody, with numerous small streams. ❋ Various (N/A)

Every visitor to Canton and Chefoo will recall the hilly regions just outside of the old city walls that are literally covered with graves, those of the richer classes being marked by small stone or brick amphitheatres. ❋ Unknown (1904)

As we advanced to the northward from Botany Bay, the land gradually increased in height, so that in this latitude it may be called a hilly country. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

As we have advanced to the Northward the land hath increased in height, in so much that in this Latitude it may be called a hilly Country; but between this and Botany Bay it is diversified with an agreeable variety of Hills, Ridges, and ❋ Unknown (1767)

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