Definition of Steeply

1. Adverb. In a steep manner. "The street rose steeply up to the castle"

Partainyms: Steep

Definition of Steeply

1. adv. In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.

Definition of Steeply

1. Adverb. In a steep manner. ¹

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Definition of Steeply

1. in a steep manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeply

steeplebush
steeplebushes
steeplechase
steeplechaser
steeplechasers
steeplechases
steeplechasing
steeplechasings
steepled
steeplejack
steeplejacks
steepleless
steeplelike
steeples
steepling
steeply (current term)
steepness
steepnesses
steeps
steepup
steepy
steer
steer clear
steer roping
steerable
steerage
steerages
steerageway
steerageways
steered

Literary usage of Steeply

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"In a vertical or steeply dipping series this method also shows which is the top and ... Top and Bottom of steeply Inclined, Vertical, and Overturned Beds. ..."

2. Structural Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1913)
"Vertical and steeply-Dipping Normal Faults and Joints in Intersecting Systems: — While thrust faults with low dips are frequently related to overthrust ..."

3. Structural Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1913)
"Vertical and steeply-Dipping Normal Faults and Joints in Intersecting Systems:—While thrust faults with low dips are frequently related to overthrust folds ..."

4. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1885)
"... Sonne), beyond which we follow a road to the left to the Dürrbach Inn and ascend steeply through the ..."

5. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1914)
"In very hot and dry climates, as on parts of the Red Sea coast, cracks may develop in the course of a few hours. FIe,. 129.— steeply inclined beds of ..."

6. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"Similar relations between ridges and drainage lines are found in regions of steeply inclined strata, each ridge being determined by the outcrop of a ..."

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