| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.[Websters]
2. Being slanting or sloping. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being inclined or prone. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being oblique, sidelong, italic or indirect. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being downward. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being anticlinal. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb declivously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (declivously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective declivous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DECLIVOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
