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▪ I. † ˈsteeply, a. Obs. rare—1.
In 6 steply.
[f. steeple n.1 + -y.]
Having the form of a steeple.
1551Turner Herbal i. N iij b, Pliny maketh two kynde of Cypres trees, one wyth sharp steply top, whyche is called the female.
▪ II. steeply, adv.|ˈstiːplɪ|
[f. steep a. + -ly2.]
In a steep manner.
1772Pennant Tours Scot. (1774) 328 An amazing mountain steeply sloping. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. lv. 2 Many a rock which steeply lowers. 1860H. F. Tozer in Galton Vac. Tourists (1861) 407 We..after ascending steeply through a fine gorge, found ourselves in a green upland valley.
b. quasi-Comb. with adj. or ppl. adj.
1793A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 261 That steeply-sloping field at Eyam. 1905W. J. Sollas Age of Earth x. 296 The Carboniferous beds..in the steeply-folded form they now present. 1912Keith Human Body xiv. 221 Hence the races with short feet, high insteps and steeply set heels, have large calves. |