HILLY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

hilly

adjective

Definition of hilly

as in mountainous

having many hills hilly terrain hilly roads

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Recent Examples of hilly Mammoth Cave National Park is located in the hilly countryside of south-central Kentucky and is a part of the Green River Valley. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 The hilly landscape has ideal climate for raspberry cultivation. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 For the history buff, visit the country’s capital city of Lisbon and walk the hilly streets while touring UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Tower of Belém or the Pena Palace in Sintra. — Morgan Evans, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026 Hulst would start in a hilly stretch of Laguna Beach, charge up one hill, then run at the top to the next block, down that street, run another block and sprint up that street, repeating the process up and down 31 hills. — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hilly

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The 34 Buddhist temples scattered through the mountainous western part of Japan's Saitama prefecture are revealing something few visitors ever see this year.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Landslides blocked sections of the Trans-Flores Highway, a roughly 700-kilometer (435-mile) road linking communities across the mountainous island.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of mountainous

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Other governments, including the US, have their own rules and disclosure requirements, but beyond the breadth of the controls in China, the sheer number of people affected is striking – and reaches far beyond civil servants.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Just look at the new stand — the sheer size of it shows the club’s ambition.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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The craggy scarps were distant and blue, afloat in the thin dove-grey haze of early September.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Yet the abundance of changes that has gone into crafting this successor seemingly justified a name change; from Roma, for the historic Italian capital, to Amalfi, after the famous craggy Italian coastline.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026

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