Meaning of acclivity | Babel Free

Definitions

A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

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“how gaily vineyards and olives alternately chequer the acclivities”

“she would walk […] as far as to the point where the acclivity from the valley began its first steep ascent to the outer world.”

“Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.”

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