Definitions for declivity

declivity de·cliv·i·ty

Spelling: [dih-kliv-i-tee]
IPA: /dɪˈklɪv ɪ ti/

Declivity is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in declivity (cdeiiltvy).

Definitions for declivity

noun

  1. a downward slope, as of ground (opposed to acclivity).

Origin of declivity

1605-15; dēclīvitās a slope, hill, equivalent to dēclīvi(s) sloping downward (dē- de- + clīv(us) slope, hill + -is adj. suffix) + -tās -ty2<

Examples for declivity

After they had half mounted the declivity, one was sent back.

The declivity marks the end of the precipitous gorge of the Niagara.

The declivity of the road was gradually becoming more gentle.

I was working on the declivity which led to the Val d'Etretat.

The declivity was not great and the torrent was otherwise placid.

He at length reached a point where he could see down the declivity.

The steepness of the declivity made it necessary for Orso to dismount.

The declivity on which these woods are finishes in a mountain, which rises above the whole.

He took it and threw it down the declivity a little below where he sat.

Behind them, down the declivity toward the village, the people were gathering.

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