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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Downhill

/doun'-hĭl'/ · Down·hill · IPA /ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/
01 adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
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    Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
02 a. Declivous; descending; sloping.
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    Declivous; descending; sloping.
03 n. Declivity; descent; slope.
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    Declivity; descent; slope.
    “On th' icy downhills of this slippery life.” — Du Bartas (Trans. ).