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acclivity

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9 lettersPronunciation /əˈklɪv.ə.ti/Part of speech nounSorted acciiltvyStarts with AEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Word origin

First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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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