1. rife - Adjective
2. rife - Adverb
3. rife - Adjective Satellite
Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
Having power; active; nimble.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy. Eric Bogosian
O born in days when wits were fresh and clear, And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames; Before this strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims, Its heads o'ertax'd, its palsied hearts, was rife. Matthew Arnold
Last year was no easy ride for Hong Kong. Our society was rife with differences and conflicts. In the coming year I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from the sheep's character and pull together in an accommodating manner to work for Hong Kong's future. Leung Chun-ying
In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. Those were lovely days for gastronomy, I must say. Julia Child
Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot. William Shatner
If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it. Alvin Ailey