Definitions

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  • adjective Shallow and fast-flowing.

Etymologies

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riffle +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The trout were lying toward the head of the long, riffly pool feeding on a hatch of dark midges.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • It was almost the same deal as the day before, with the bigger trout holding near the riffly head of the run and a few smaller ones down in the slower tail.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • The trout were lying toward the head of the long, riffly pool feeding on a hatch of dark midges.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • It was almost the same deal as the day before, with the bigger trout holding near the riffly head of the run and a few smaller ones down in the slower tail.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • The trout were lying toward the head of the long, riffly pool feeding on a hatch of dark midges.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • The trout were lying toward the head of the long, riffly pool feeding on a hatch of dark midges.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • July 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pm is there anyway to remove particular riffly comments form my blog.

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  • It was almost the same deal as the day before, with the bigger trout holding near the riffly head of the run and a few smaller ones down in the slower tail.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • It was almost the same deal as the day before, with the bigger trout holding near the riffly head of the run and a few smaller ones down in the slower tail.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • Prior to settlers and livestock, "there was a lot more slow-flowing water and less of the classic pooly, riffly streams we see now," says Michael Pollock, a Seattle-based ecosystems analyst for the federal NOAA Fisheries Service.

    High Country News - Most Recent 2009

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  • Feels like a Lewis Carroll madeupical.

    August 19, 2021

  • I love it when my fufluns have grape riffles.

    August 19, 2021