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Antonyms for driftless

Grammar : Adj
Spell : drift
Phonetic Transcription : drɪft

Definition of driftless

Origin :
  • c.1300, literally "a being driven" (of snow, etc.); not recorded in Old English; either a suffixed form of drive (v.) (cf. thrift/thrive) or borrowed from Old Norse drift "snow drift," or Middle Dutch drift "pasturage, drove, flock," both from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (cf. Danish and Swedish drift, German Trift), from PIE root *dhreibh- "to drive, push" (see drive (v.)). Sense of "what one is getting at" is from 1520s. Meaning "controlled slide of a sports car" attested by 1955.
  • As in random : adj haphazard, chance
Example sentences :
  • It was a grand sight to witness the sea in a hurricane on a driftless, clear day.
  • Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
  • The aurora was always with us, and almost without exception could be seen on a dark, driftless night.
  • Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
  • The old, old earth is glad to turn from the cark and care of driftless centuries to the first sweet blades of green.
  • Extract from : « The Hills and the Vale » by Richard Jefferies
  • A comparison of otherwise similar counties lying within and without the driftless area shows an astonishing contrast.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Continent » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • In the driftless area the average value per acre in 1910 was less than $24, while in the glaciated area it was nearly $64.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Continent » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • In the glaciated area 61 per cent of the land is improved and in the driftless area only 43.5 per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Continent » by Ellsworth Huntington
  • Throughout the driftless area it has covered up many spots that would otherwise have been bare rocks.
  • Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer
  • The ice, for some reason, failed to cover this driftless area though it overwhelmed the territory on all sides.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
  • The driftless tract enclosed by the arms of this loop is lower than the drift ridge on either hand.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury
  • With these residuary soils of the driftless area, the mantle rock of glaciated tracts is in sharp contrast.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury

Synonyms for driftless

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