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declivitous

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11 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈklɪ.vɪ.təs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cdeiilostuvStarts with DEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. sloping down rather steeply

Word origin

Latin declivus (“sloping down”), from de- (“down from”) + clivus (“slope”).

Used in a sentence

  • Where the ground is declivitous, it is requisite that the hole should be deeper, in addition to which it should be artificially elevated on the edge of the lower side.
  • The forest covers a declivitous slope, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet, and extends to the verge of the steep descent into the table-land of Wynaad.
  • I, for one, and certainly Aera, do not feel declivitous.

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