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clifty
English
Etymology
From
clift
+
-y
.
Pronunciation
(
UK
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈklɪfti/
Adjective
clifty
(
comparative
more
clifty
,
superlative
most
clifty
)
(
obsolete
)
Characterised by
cliffs
;
cliffy
,
craggy
.
1891
, Mary Noailles Murfree,
In the "Stranger People's" Country
, Nebraska 2005, p. 3:
Down the
clifty
gorge – its walls of solid sandstone, cloven to the bare heart of the range by the fierce momentum of the waters – the bounding river came.
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