declivitous
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of declivitous
First recorded in 1790–1800; declivit(y) + -ous
Example Sentences
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But I plodded on and on, finding all things looking beautiful in that autumn glow, until at last I found myself descending the declivitous road into Wretchedville and to destruction.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
It was immediately drawn tight, and by its aid we gained the bank, and began ascending the side of the barranca, composed of rugged, declivitous rocks, affording but scanty foot-hold.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various
But four miles inland the bed becomes rugged and declivitous, and the mountain walls close in, forming a most magnificent cañon from 1,000 to 2,500 feet deep.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
We hesitated for some time whether we should undergo the fatigue of travelling over such declivitous mountains without any palpable reward.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.
Everywhere on the declivitous waysides, tow-haired, blue-eyed children guarded herds of goats, as their forbears had done in the days of Vercingetorix, the Gaul.
From The Mountebank by Locke, William John
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