steeply

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a steep manner

   The street rose steeply up to the castle.

2. 2
   adv

   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.

From steep + -ly.

Topics