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Synonyms for declivity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-kliv-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈklɪv ɪ ti



Définition of declivity

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem (nominative declivitas) "a slope, declivity," from declivis "a sloping downward," from de- "down" + clivus "a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)).
  • noun slope
Example sentences :
  • The declivity of the road was gradually becoming more gentle.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Behind them, down the declivity toward the village, the people were gathering.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • The declivity on which these woods are finishes in a mountain, which rises above the whole.
  • Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
  • After they had half mounted the declivity, one was sent back.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • The declivity was not great and the torrent was otherwise placid.
  • Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
  • The declivity marks the end of the precipitous gorge of the Niagara.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • The steepness of the declivity made it necessary for Orso to dismount.
  • Extract from : « Columba » by Prosper Merimee
  • He took it and threw it down the declivity a little below where he sat.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • He at length reached a point where he could see down the declivity.
  • Extract from : « The Bush Boys » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • I was working on the declivity which led to the Val d'Etretat.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) » by Guy de Maupassant

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