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riffly en · ADJ

Etymology

From riffle + -y.

Meanings

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:

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