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† ˈsteepiness Obs.
[f. steepy a. + -ness.]
The condition of being ‘steepy’; steepness.
Freely used by writers in the 17th c.
1612[W. Biddulph] Trav. four English Men 90 The mountaine..somewhat steepy..: we rode so farre as we could for steepinesse and then..tooke vpon vs to clamber vp on foote. 1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 51 The cragginesse and steepinesse of places up and down is a great advantage to the dwellers. 1771Goldsm. Hist. Eng. IV. 398 The steepiness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted. |