uphill (uphil)

and n. I. a. 1. Leading or going up a rising ground; sloping upward: as, an uphill road.-2. Attended with labor, fatigue, or exertion; difficult; severe; fatiguing; burdensome: as, uphill work; hence, not having free course; hampered: as, an uphill acquaintance. What an uphill labour must it be to a learner. Richardson, Clari a Harlowe. These will be uphill intimacies, without charm or freedom to the end; and freedom is the chief ingredient in confidence. R. L. Stevens on, Virgin i bus Puerisque, IV. II.t n. Rising ground; ascent; upward slope. A man can have no even way, but continually high up hils and steepe down-hils. Coryat, Crudities, I. 56.