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[ adverb ] in a steep manner
Examples "the street rose steeply up to the castle" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)The street was unpaved and rose steeply toward the center ; it was mud in wet weather and dust , ankle-deep , in dry , and could be crossed only at the corner where there were stepping_stones . |
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