declivitous

adj

1. Descending gradually; sloping; downhill.

   “Where the ground is declivitous, it is requisite that the hole should be deeper, in addition to which it should be artificially elevated on the edge of the lower side.”

   “The forest covers a declivitous slope, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet, and extends to the verge of the steep descent into the table-land of Wynaad.”

   “Hypostomal tooth-like projection present adjacent to the ventral surface of mandibular insertions; declivitous face of propodeum strongly concave in profile, and meeting the basal face to form a conspicuous, narrow convexity or sharp angle projecting rear-ward; scale of petiole erect.”

2. At lower levels; lowly.

   “In France, Savoy, and the Southern Low Countries the structure of lordship was declivitous during the eleventh , twelfth , and thirteenth centuries; in other words, seigneurial rights and obligations were greater at lower levels of the hierarchy .”

   “I, for one, and certainly Aera, do not feel declivitous.”

   “The initial recesses of the pleural cavity filled with blood effusion are declivitous; they can vary according to the decubitus, whereas, with the progressive filling of the pleural cavity, blood is invariably collected in the lateral pleural spaces over the apex of the lung (apical cap): they are very large pleural effusions, in the order of about 800-1200 cc.”