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Meanings of slight declivity in English

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Usage of slight declivity in English
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A slight declivity ended in an uneven bottom, at fifteen fathoms depth.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
2
We descended to the lower enclosure at the foot of the slight declivity.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 / Italy, Sicily, and...
3
A slight declivity of the soil made the merit of the ancient boles more conspicuous.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
4
Directly west of the knoll, on which the huts were situated, was a slight declivity.
The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island
5
We had been standing behind a slight declivity.
America's War for Humanity
6
This deposit of clay, a foot perhaps in depth, reached nearly to the summit of the slight declivity.
The Wolf's Long Howl
7
It had slid along a slight declivity, and left a mark so deep as not yet to be obliterated.
The Strange Case of Cavendish
8
He was already descending the slight declivity; but the distance, instead of deepening in leafy shadow, was actually growing lighter.
In a Hollow of the Hills
9
Captain Nemo placed himself under a dark gallery, where by a slight declivity we reached a depth of a hundred yards.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
10
From thence we descended by a slight declivity into the eastern plain, and reached the encampment, distant one hour and a half from Szadeke.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
11
Custer, accompanied by Hamlin, rode a yard to the rear and joined the scouts, who were cautiously feeling their way up a slight declivity.
Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
12
They did not stop at slight declivities.
The Boy Scout Camera Club; Or, the Confession of a Photograph
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