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steepier

steepier is the comparative form of steepy.

Meaning of steepy

Adjective

steepy (comparative steepier, superlative steepiest)

  1. (obsolete) Steep.
    • it was such a steepie downe-fall, and by meere strength hewen out of the maine rocke [...]1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about steepier

What is steepier the comparative form of?
Steepier is the comparative form of steepy.

Words near steepier in the dictionary

  1. steeper
  2. steepers
  3. steepest
  4. steepeth
  5. steepie
  6. steepier
  7. steepiest
  8. steepiness
  9. steeping
  10. steepings
  11. steepish

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