Acclivity
[ә'kliviti]
Definition
(n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
Editor: Ryan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ascent, slope (upwards), rising ground.
Typed by Carolyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ascent, rise, incline
ANT:Declivity, descent
Typed by Adele
Definition
n. a slope upwards—opp. to Declivity a slope downwards.—adj. Acclī′vous rising as an acclivity—also Accliv′itous.
Editor: Nancy
Examples
- Rainbarrow had again become blended with night when Wildeve ascended the long acclivity at its base. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Without the town, on the acclivity of Hymettus, there is a rocky recess which he pointed out to me as the spot where he would wish to repose. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- To ascend the vast acclivity of the mountain presented a work of such danger and fatigue that I hesitated. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Here and there, towers were perched high up on acclivities which seemed almost inaccessible. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It embraced hillocks, pits, ridges, acclivities, one behind the other, till all was finished by a high hill cutting against the still light sky. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typed by Ellie