trafficked

English

Etymology

From traffic +‎ -ed.

Adjective

trafficked (not comparable)

1. Carrying traffic; subject to traffic.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 114:

     Possessed of many thinly trafficked lines and dual-purpose assignments for engines, CPR commonsensically employed Pacifics as all-purpose engines, bought 4-6-2's until dieselization.

   • 2004, C. Saiz-Jimenez, Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 202:

     The questionnaire was mainly referred to the white marble and was carried out at two sites, the more soiled North façade (FN), very trafficked area and the cleaner South façade (FS) (pedestrian area).

   • 2016, Irv Bauer, Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 158:

     We see a very trafficked big cross in Roma. Cars and people running everywhere. Camera holds on Emma standing on the pavement, like a statue, alone with her big suitcase.

   • 2018, Jonathan Moeller, Sevenfold Sword: Serpent, Azure Flame Media

     Likely this portion of the causeway was far more trafficked than the more remote regions.

   • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:

     In a somewhat relieved tone, he shows that the heaviest trafficked routes for freight also happen to be the busiest passenger routes, enabling a concentration of services to use a small number of lines.

Usage notes

As an adjective it is often preceded by a qualifying adverb, such as heavily, lightly, moderately, thinly.

Verb

trafficked

1. simple past and past participle of traffic
2. simple past and past participle of traffick