declivitous

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Rapid 'twixt banks declivitous, they seek The ocean.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

High declivitous, masses of rock formed a sort of immense cairn.

From Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane by Rockwood, Roy

The road proved quite as rough and declivitous as its reputation.

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

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

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)