Definition of Hilliness

1. Noun. The quality of being hilly. "The hilliness of West Virginia"

Generic synonyms: Ruggedness
Derivative terms: Hilly

Definition of Hilliness

1. n. The state of being hilly.

Definition of Hilliness

1. Noun. The property of being hilly or having hills. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hilliness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hilliness

hillbilly music
hillclimber
hillclimbers
hillclimbing
hillcrest
hillcrests
hillebrandite
hilled
hiller
hillers
hillfolk
hillfort
hillforts
hillier
hilliest
hilliness (current term)
hillinesses
hilling
hillite
hilllike
hillman
hillmen
hillo
hilloa
hilloaed
hilloaing
hilloas
hillock
hillocked
hillocks

Literary usage of Hilliness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Business Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Robert Marshall Brown, Lenox E. Chase, Frank Ernest Williams (1922)
"... the fact that it climbs to 13000 feet had much to do with its going into the hands of a receiver in 1915. hilliness has an indirect as well as a direct ..."

2. Business Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Frank Ernest Williams, Robert Marshall Brown (1922)
"... the fact that it climbs to 13000 feet had much to do with its going into the hands of a receiver in 1915. hilliness has an indirect as well as a direct ..."

3. On the Box Seat from London to Land's End by James John Hissey (1886)
"Indeed, we found it of little use to rely on the information of the various ostlers in respect of the goodness, badness, or hilliness of our way. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"... he endeavoured to find a straight passage to the Atrato ; but the swampy nature of the soil and the hilliness of the ..."

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