riffly

English

Etymology

From riffle +‎ -y.

Adjective

riffly (comparative more riffly, superlative most riffly)

1. Shallow and fast-flowing.
   • 2007 November 6, Monte Burke, “How Long to Wait for Salmon Before Casting Again? Sometimes, It's All Winter”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.