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How to use steeply in a sentence

16 example sentences · adverb

Steeply means in a steep manner. Example: “The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.”

Examples of steeply by meaning

adverbIn a steep manner.

  • The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7
  • The platz is ringed by steeply gabled pastel burghers' houses and in the centre sits the medieval town hall.2003 November 2, Tom Templeton, “Worth more than 15 minutes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021
  • The station's style included two curved passenger walkways sweeping pierside and a steeply pitched verandah roof running along its inner side.2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52

More sentences with steeply

  • Everything about GG has been steeply downhill since those early days.2024 January 22, Mike Easter, “32 days . . .”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026. From the entry gg
  • After Bridge of Orchy, the line climbs steeply into the wild country of Rannoch Moor.2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 39. From the entry climb
  • Follow the road steeply down through forest, turning left before climbing past a stoneworks.2022, Paddy Dillon, Walking on Madeira. From the entry stoneworks
  • The Allt a' Mhuilinn led steeply down to Inverie through woods and rhoddies smelling of honey.2013, Hamish Brown, Hamish's Mountain Walk. From the entry rhoddy
  • The streets all go steeply down hill from the main thoroughlanes, they twist and turn.2009, George B. Bookman, Headlines, Deadlines and Lifelines, page 344. From the entry thoroughlane
  • Just short of their objectives, the missiles pogoed, climbing steeply, then diving into their targets.1997, James H. Cobb, Sea Strike, page 270. From the entry pogo
  • Church Hill climbs steeply to All Saints, with its lych-gate at the entrance to the churchyard.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68. From the entry lych-gate
  • In the case of rapidly placed, steeply sloping slabs, backforms are required.1969, M[ary] K[rumboltz] Hurd, “Vertical Loads”, in Formwork for Concrete (Special Publication Number 4), 2nd edition, Detroit, Mich.…. From the entry backform
  • Two other landslips took place in a cutting where the sides were built too steeply to withstand wet weather.2020 April 8, “Network News: NR reopens East Grinstead line...”, in RAIL, page 16. From the entry regrade
  • It is made uphand, pushing the arc with the torch steeply inclined 15° to 20° to the pipe.2013, Yong Zhou, Pipeline and Energy Plant Piping: Design and Technology, →ISBN, page 194. From the entry uphand
  • Note which edge of the saddle is more steeply beveled; the new saddle should be installed the same way.2008 September 1, Editors of Creative Publishing, Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: with 350 Projects and 2000…. From the entry saddle
  • There are two large Veluxes in the steeply pitched roof, and a battery of windows is set high into the bare white walls.2017, Annemarie Neary, Siren, page 223. From the entry Velux
  • Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth.1975, John Seymour, The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-east England, page 206. From the entry score

Meaning of steeply

  1. adverb In a steep manner.

Full definition of steeply

Questions about steeply in a sentence

How do you use steeply in a sentence?
Steeply is used as an adverb. For example: “The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.”
What is a short sentence with steeply?
“Everything about GG has been steeply downhill since those early days.”
What does steeply mean?
Steeply means in a steep manner.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steeply (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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