acclivities

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of acclivity.
  acclivity

  noun

  an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (opposed to declivity).

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acclivities

This hill, like many South African acclivities, is a natural defence, very steep, and covered with stone, and low bush or scrub.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Harriet Ward

Does it grow on steep acclivities, or does it seem to prefer gentle slopes or level ground?

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

Before my eyes the Wetterhorn raised its scarped acclivities; to the right, the masses of the Eiger, to the left, the huge Scheideck and the Faulhorn.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams

Steep rocks, and in other places abrupt acclivities covered with verdure, and the whole overhung with "wild woods thick'ning green," form the boundaries of the narrow glen in which the village is situated.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

I fear we shall ascend no more acclivities together.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

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