acclivity
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Instead, her eyes were fixedly bent upon the face of the acclivity opposite—more particularly on a riband of road that went winding up through woods from Drybrook to the “Wilderness.”
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
But most of all I admired the countless villas, covering every hill and every acclivity as far as the eye can reach, as if the city extended beyond the mountains into the far distance.
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
What diversity of scene, as isle after isle, bold headland, lofty cliff, or wooded acclivity, meets the gaze!
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
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
He had been able to see over it, only by standing back upon the sloping acclivity of the counterscarp.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
Vocabulary lists containing acclivity
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Return of the Native
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