| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.[Websters]
2. Being uphill, upward or upstream. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being vertical or perpendicular. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being high or high-pitched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being steep, precipitous, abrupt or craggy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being soaring, ascending, ascendant or ascendent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb acclivously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (acclivously) | 1. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective acclivous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ACCLIVOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Acclivous \Ac*cli"vous\, adjective. [Latin expression acclivis and acclivus.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACCLIVOUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Rising, as a hill with a slope.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Sloping upward; rising as a hillside. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
