acclivity
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The road running up the steep acclivity was of no great width—nothing resembling the broad macadamised “turnpike” of modern times.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
They had gone but a short distance up-stream when, as they ascended a slight acclivity, Bill was seized with intense excitement.
From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert
A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Houses of the poorer sort straggle up its eastern acclivity, while the south and west faces remain as formed by nature, abrupt and precipitous.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
From the ridge of this acclivity we could watch the cloud shadows, violet and purple, sweeping over wide moors, and by their subtle contrasts bringing out the soft shimmering of the distant sunlight.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin
Vocabulary lists containing acclivity
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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"A Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Return of the Native
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