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Dilly vs Hilly - What's the difference?

dilly | hilly |

As adjectives the difference between dilly and hilly

is that dilly is redolent of dill (the spice while hilly is abundant in hills; having many hills.

As a noun dilly

is someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

dilly

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • redolent of dill (the spice)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
  • * Raymond Chandler, Playback
    • You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies .

    Etymology 3

    Contracted from (diligence).

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
  • * J. H. Frere
    • The Derby dilly .

    Anagrams

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    hilly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.