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steeply

/ˈstiːpli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈstiːpli/
steeply
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

steep - ly -> steeply

Myanmar meaning

(adv) မတ်စောက်စွာ

Full entry

steep1 /sti:p / adj (-er, -est)

၁။ စောက်သော။ မတ်သော။ မတ် စောက်သော။ a steep path, descent/hill/climb/gradient
❍ I never cycle up that hill—it's too steep.
၂။ ထိုးတက်သော (သို့) ထိုးကျသော။ a steep increase in prices ❍ The economy has gone into a steep decline.
၃။ (infml ) (ဈေး)ကြီးလွန်းသော။ £2 for a cup of coffee seems a bit steep to me.
❏ steepen /sti:pǝn / v ဆင်ခြေလျှောမြင့်တက်သွား သည်။ ပို၍မတ်စောက်သွားသည်(သို့)ပို၍မတ်စောက် အောင်ပြုသည်။ The path steepens as you climb the hillside.
❏ steeply adv မတ်စောက်စွာ။ steepness n [U]

steep2 /sti:p / v

စိမ်သည်။
❏ steep sb/oneself/sth in sth [PHRV ] ပြည့်နှက်နေသည် (သို့) မြှုပ်နှံဆည်းပူးသည်။
a city steeped in history ❍ He steeped himself in the literature of ancient Greece and Rome.
❏ steep sth in sth [PHRV ] (စားဖွယ်ကို နူးအိလာစေရန်၊ အနံ့အရသာတစ်ခုခု ထုံမွမ်းရန်) စိမ်ထားသည်။ plums steeped in brandy.

More examples
  • A steep slope/hill/bank/path
  • It was a steep climb out of the valley.
  • Suddenly the plane pitched forwards into a steep dive.
  • A steep rise in oil prices
  • This once abundant species is clearly suffering a steep decline.
  • The track began to climb fairly steeply upwards.
  • Export orders continued to fall steeply.
Synonyms
sheer, vertical, sharp, precipitous, abrupt, sudden, arduous, bathe, breakneck, course, crag, damp, dear, declivitous, dizzying, drench, elevated, erect, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fill, headlong, high, hilly, imbue, immerse, immoderate, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, inordinate, invest, let soak, lifted, lofty, macerate, marinate, moisten, overpriced, permeate, perpendicular, pervade, precipice, precipitate, prerupt, raised, saturate, sheer drop, soak, sodden, sop, souse, stand, stiff, straight-up, submerge, suffuse, towering, uncalled-for, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, very expensive, waterlog
Antonyms
calm, cheap, dehydrate, deplete, dry, dwarfed, gentle, gradual, inexpensive, kind, low, lowered, lowly, mild, moderate, nice, reasonable, short, take out
Cross references
sheerverticalsharpprecipitousabruptsuddenarduousbathebreakneckcoursecragdampdeardeclivitousdizzyingdrenchelevatederectexcessiveexorbitantexpensiveextortionateextremefillheadlonghighhillyimbue
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