acclivity
pronunciation
How to pronounce acclivity in British English:
UK [ə'klɪvɪtɪ]
How to pronounce acclivity in American English:
US [ə'klɪvətɪ]
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- Noun:
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Word Origin
- acclivity (n.)
- 1610s, from Latin acclivitatem (nominative acclivitas) "an ascending direction, an upward steepness," from acclivis "mounting upwards, ascending," from ad- "up" (see ad-) + clivus "hill, a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. I acclivity to yield the adverse point of appearance .
- 2. As soon as we descend down the slope of sadness , we accelerate over the ever feel good acclivity of happiness .
- 3. On the 18th of june , 1815 , the rains had still farther increased this acclivity , the mud complicated the problem of the ascent , and the men not only slipped back , but stuck fast in the mire .