steeply

1. 1.

   in a steep manner

   “the street rose steeply up to the castle”

Questions about steeply

What does steeply mean?

steeply means "in a steep manner".

How many syllables are in steeply?

steeply has 2 syllables: stee-ply. The stress falls on "stee". In IPA it is /ˈstipli/.

Is steeply a common word?

steeply is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.