acclivous, a.
(əˈklaɪvəs)
[f. L. acclīv-us + -ous.]
Rising with a slope, sloping upward, ascending.
| 1731 Bailey [not in 1721]. 1771 Sheridan Aristænetus' Love Ep. iii. 21 The bank acclivous rose, and swelled above. 1850 J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §294. 329 The tombs at Chalcis..are hewn out in the gently acclivous rocky ground. |