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steepness
Variant of steep
steep
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steep (stēp)
adjective
- having a sharp rise or highly inclined slope; precipitous a steep incline
- Informal
- unreasonably high or great; exorbitant; excessive steep demands, a steep price
- extreme; exaggerated a rather steep statement
- Obsolete high; lofty
Etymology: ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE *steup- < base *(s)teu-, to strike, butt > stock, stub, L tundere, to strike
noun
a steep slope or incline
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