ripply

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/ˈɹɪp.liː//ˈɹɪpəliː/

adjective

Having ripples.

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Meanings

adjectiveripply (comparative ripplier, superlative rippliest)

comparative ripplier · superlative rippliest · alternative rippley

  1. Having ripples.

    Well, by this time I was most down to the foot of the island. A little ripply, cool breeze begun to blow, and that was as good as saying the night was about done.

    1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC

Origin

From ripple + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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