bluffyadj.
/ˈblʌfi/ 1. Full of bluffs, precipitous.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective]
cliffyOE
scarrya1382
clivy1587
cliffed1589
clifty1589
cleevy1612
bluff1694
bold1810
rock-faced1840
bluffy1872
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 7 Cliff, and bay, and bluffy foreland.
1882 Cent. Mag. Sept. 707 The Penobscot winds around the bluffy headlands.
2. Rather bluff, inclining to bluffness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > curt or brusque
short1390
cutted1530
snappish1542
abrupt1578
stunt1581
blunt1590
brusquea1639
snapping1642
blatec1650
brisk1665
bluff1705
offhand1708
prerupt1727
squab1737
prompt1768
crisp1814
brief1818
stuntya1825
curt1831
snappy1834
bluffy1844
nebby1873
offhandish1886
nebsy1894
1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxii. 176 A fat, sturdy, bluffy old woman.
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