It's hard to find an apartment around here, and when you do the rents are pretty steep.a steep descent (=a steep journey, slope, or path downwards ) the steep descent into the beautiful Farndale Valley Examples from the Corpus steep a steep climb A steep climb brought us to a wide rocky plateau. a steep gradient formal (=a steep slope – used especially when talking about how steep something is ) The Snowdon Mountain Railway has the steepest gradient of any locomotive track in Britain. the steep sides of something The steep sides of the valley were clothed in dense green forest. steep stairs Martha led the way up the very steep stairs.
a steep path/road She stood at the top of the steep path leading down to the beach. a steep bank He scrambled down the steep bank. a steep slope Coffee was grown on the steep slopes. a steep climb to the top 2 EXPENSIVE steep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive OPP low steep rents 3 BIG involving a big increase or decrease SYN sharp steep cuts in benefits steep increase/rise a steep increase in house prices steep decrease/drop a steep drop in orders - steeply adverb - steepness noun COLLOCATIONS nouns a steep hill The car careered down the steep hill. ○ S3 adjective ( comparative steeper, superlative steepest ) 1 HORIZONTAL# a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at a high angle The road became rocky and steep.
Steeply From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English steep steep 1 / stiːp /
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