steeply
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3.0
- adverb
- /ˈstiːpli/
:
bruscamente
- A trail follows Gibbs Brook, then rises steeply as it climbs up the northwestern flank of Mount Pierce.
- rise steeply
- decline steeply
- increase steeply
And yet crime in New York has fallen much more steeply than in Houston or Dallas.
- And yet crime in New York has fallen much more steeply than in Houston or Dallas.
- You feel the click, click, click, click as the car gets pulled steeply up the track and you know the big drop is coming.
- Now having said that rates have plateaued in the past I would have said they're going to drop quite steeply.
Examples
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The palace itself rose in a steeply sloping pyramid in the center of the courtyard.
Fiction book (1992) -
In Germany, goods were abundant and wages rose steeply.
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You feel the click, click, click, click as the car gets pulled steeply up the track and you know the big drop is coming.
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The narrow road and the path that fell steeply away from it to the house.
Fiction book (1999) -
And yet crime in New York has fallen much more steeply than in Houston or Dallas.
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The pack are now climbing steeply on this punishing course.
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The moorland rose steeply to my right and fell sharply to my left.
Fiction book (2001) -
We were through the pass now and heading steeply downhill on that slick, narrow mountain road.
Fiction book (2000) -
From a maize field, the hill rises steeply in dense, tangled brush.
Academic text (2007) -
The path rises steeply as we approach the summit of the mountain.
Synonyms
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2.3
Suddenly and quickly, showing a large change in direction or amount
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7.6
Very quickly and suddenly, often causing a large change
In a very steep, almost vertical way
Very steeply or in a way that makes you feel dizzy
In a way that has a very sharp point or angle
Antonyms
How Steep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Steeply comes from the older word steep, which meant 'high' or 'having a sharp slope'. So, to say something changes steeply is to say it rises or falls quickly, like going down a steep hill.