Definition of "steeply" [steep•ly]

• In a steep manner. (adverb)

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• "The main reason that home values have fallen steeply is foreclosure."
• "At the same time, the Mexican birthrate has also dropped steeply from the 1970s when most of the people who have left home in MX to work al otro lado were born!"
• "CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN SITS on the eastern slope of Colorado’s Front Range, rising steeply from the prairie and overlooking the city of Colorado Springs."