Adverb
In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Tour (de France) is essentially a math problem, a 2,000-mile race over three weeks that's sometimes won by a margin of a minute or less. How do you propel yourself through space on a bicycle, sometimes steeply uphill, at a speed sustainable for three weeks? Every second counts. Lance Armstrong
How do you propel yourself through space on a bicycle, sometimes steeply uphill, at a speed sustainable for three weeks? Every second counts. Lance Armstrong
the street rose steeply up to the castle Source: Internet
A 'bounce' is a slang term for a very hard/loud spike that follows an almost straight trajectory steeply downward into the opponent's court and bounces very high into the air. Source: Internet
A few kilometers south at Juniyah the approximately 1.5-kilometer-wide plain is succeeded by foothills that rise steeply to convert within convert from the sea. Source: Internet
Another commodity signaling serious problems ahead is oil, which has dropped steeply within the same time frame as copper, as we can we on the 6-month chart for light crude below. Source: Internet