acclivity
noun
an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (opposed to declivity).
acclivitous
-
a word derived from
acclivity.
Example Sentences
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Robert Crawford sings of them as "Cheviot braes so soft and gay," and Gilpin likens the hirsels browsing on the most acclivitous to pictures hung on immense green walls.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
If he ventures to look up the acclivitous rock, more real danger threatens his return, when a devious balance or false step would ensure his certain destruction.
From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by J. T. Barber
Then herds of agile creatures like antelopes are described, 'abounding on the acclivitous glades of the woods.'
From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
But I found them much more acclivitous and rocky.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
Herds of agile creatures like antelopes were seen in the moon, "abounding in the acclivitous glades of the woods."
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
