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steeply

steeply adverb: in a steep manner.

Adverb

steeply (comparative more steeply, superlative most steeply)

  1. In a steep manner.
    • The two characteristic Italian villages which slumber on its banks, and the equally Italian palazzo whose terraced gardens descend steeply to the lake, hardly break the stillness and even the solitariness of the scene.1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
    • 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

steeply meaning in Tamil

steeply in Tamil

செங்குத்தாய்

Examples of steeply in a sentence

  • 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:

All 16 example sentences with steeply

Forms of steeply

comparativemore steeply
superlativemost steeply

Origin of steeply

From steep + -ly.

Questions about steeply

What does steeply mean?
Steeply means in a steep manner.
What is steeply in Tamil?
Steeply in Tamil is செங்குத்தாய். See Steeply meaning in Tamil.
How do you use steeply in a sentence?
The platz is ringed by steeply gabled pastel burghers' houses and in the centre sits the medieval town hall.
What part of speech is steeply?
Steeply is an adverb.

Words near steeply in the dictionary

  1. steeplelike
  2. steeples
  3. Steepleton
  4. Steepletons
  5. steepling
  6. steeply
  7. steepness
  8. steepnesses
  9. steeps
  10. steepy
  11. steer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steeply (page history and authors); steeply (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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