declivitous

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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

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.

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

From Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane by Rockwood, Roy