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Definition of Downhill

1. Noun. The downward slope of a hill.

2. Adjective. Sloping down rather steeply.

3. Adverb. Toward a lower or inferior state. "Your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"

4. Noun. A ski race down a trail.

5. Adverb. Toward the bottom of a hill. "Running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"

Definition of Downhill

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

2. a. Declivous; descending; sloping.

3. n. Declivity; descent; slope.

Definition of Downhill

1. Adverb. Down a slope ¹

2. Adjective. located down a slope or hill ¹

3. Adjective. going down a slope or a hill ¹

4. Adjective. (context: by extension) easy ¹

5. Adjective. (context: by extension) deteriorating, getting worse ¹

6. Noun. The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing ¹

7. Noun. A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Downhill

1. a downward slope [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Downhill

downforces downgoing downgoings downgone downgrade downgraded downgrades downgrading downgradings downgyved

downhaul downhauls downhearted downheartedly downheartedness downhill (current term) downhiller downhillers downhills downhole

downier downiest downiness downinesses downing downings downland downlands downless downlevel

Literary usage of Downhill

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1886)
"He described them as filling cavities in sheets of basalt at downhill, Co. Derry, and added, " It seems to be the curious mineral mentioned by Portlock (p. ..."

2. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"In the downhill of life, when I flnd Гт declining, May my lot no lex fortunate be Than a rang elbow-chair can afford for reclining, And a cot that o'erlook* ..."

3. Letters from the South by James Kirke Paulding (1835)
"The moment they suffer themselves to be bullied or laughed out of these genuine characteristics of liberty, they will be on the downhill course to ..."

4. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1880)
"In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining, May my lot no less fortunate be Thai) a snug elbow-chair can afford for reclining, While I carol away ..."

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