DOWNHILL

adv. a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

2.
a.

Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

3.
n.

Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. Du Bartas (Trans. ).


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