declivitous

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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

Its chasms resemble the declivitous shores of the sea; the wind often fills them with snow; the paths are almost impracticable, the descent is so rapid and slippery.” 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

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

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.

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)