English edit

Etymology edit

riffle +‎ -y

Adjective edit

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.