adv
Meaning 1
In a steep manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
steeply
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CMU ARPABET: S T IY1 P L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a steep manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the street rose steeply up to the castle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der.? Proto-Germanic *staupaz Proto-West Germanic *staup Old English stēap Middle English steep English steep Middle English -ly English -ly English steeply From steep + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: prudce — in a steep manner
- Czech: příkře — in a steep manner
- Esperanto: krute — in a steep manner
- Hungarian: meredeken — in a steep manner
- Russian: кру́то (krúto) — in a steep manner
- Ukrainian: кру́то (krúto) — in a steep manner
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