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comparative more uphill, superlative most uphill
Up a slope, towards higher ground. examples
(by extension) With difficulty. examples
comparative further uphill, superlative furthest uphill
Located up a slope or on a hill. examples
Going up a slope or a hill. quotations examples
“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.”“So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.
1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel
The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.
1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9
(by extension) Difficult or laborious. quotations examples
For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.
2022 June 7, Phil McNulty, “Germany 1-1- England”, in BBC Sport
plural uphills
An uphill route. examples