Hilly synonyms

hĭl'ē

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rugged
Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough
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sloping
Having a slope.
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bumpy
Full of bumps; rough; jolting
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undulate (related)
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undulating
Moving up and down like waves; wavy
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rolling
Having or forming curves or waves
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steep
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
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craggy
Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
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rocky
Like a rock; firm, hard, unfeeling, etc.
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broken
(Informal) Demoted in rank
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precipitous
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
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level (antonym)
Even or uniform in tone, color, pitch, volume, rate, etc.
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even (antonym)
The definition of even is level or fair or divisible by two.
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regular (antonym)
(Botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
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abrupt (related)
(Botany) Terminating suddenly rather than gradually; truncate:
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irregular (related)
(Geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (are not equally inclined to each other).
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mountainous (related)
(By extension, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
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rough (related)
Crude; unrefined
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cragged
Having crags
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boggy (related)
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flattish (related)
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forested (related)
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wooded (related)
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rock-strewn (related)
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windswept (related)
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well-marked (related)
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uneven
Varying in quality
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rangy
Able or inclined to range about
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Hilly Sentence Examples

  • The surface of the township is generally hilly and rocky.

  • TUBINGEN, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, picturesquely situated on the hilly and well-wooded banks of the Neckar, at its junction with the Ammer and Steinlach, 22 m.

  • In Great Britain in the breeding-season it seems to affect exclusively hilly and moorland districts from Herefordshire northward, in which it partly or wholly replaces the common linnet, but is very much more local in its distribution, and, except in the British Islands and some parts of Scandinavia, it only appears as an irregular visitant in winter.

  • Similarly, the number of goats, which are reared only in hilly regions, is decreasing, especially on account of the existing forest laws, as they are the chief enemies of young plantations.

  • The hilly peninsula, to which Portland was confined until the annexation of the town of Deering in 1899, is nearly 3 m.

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