rivery

adjective

riv·​ery

ˈriv(ə)rē,

-)ri

1

: having many streams of water

amid the thresh of weirs in the rivery lands

—Louis Golding

2

: of, relating to, or resembling a river

a rivery field spread out below

—W. B. Yeats

rivery pleasures

—Times Literary Supplement

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