riffly

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adjective

Shallow and fast-flowing.

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Meanings

adjectiveriffly (comparative more riffly, superlative most riffly)

comparative more riffly · superlative most riffly

  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.

    2007 November 6, Monte Burke, “How Long to Wait for Salmon Before Casting Again? Sometimes, It's All Winter”, in New York Times

Origin

From riffle + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

riffly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riffly

MLA

“riffly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riffly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riffly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riffly.

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