steeply

American  

[steep-lee] / ˈstip li /

adverb

1. in a steep way.

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Example Sentences

Still, executives warn that steeply elevated prices could trigger demand destruction and an economic slowdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

The house was wood and stucco, two stories with a steeply pitched roof and tall windows of diamond-shaped panes.

From Literature

Stocks often break out from consolidation in the direction they were moving, which in this case is very steeply upward.

From Barron's

Sovereign bonds in the eurozone and the U.K. sold off steeply, with investors now betting on the Bank of England lifting interest rates before the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s signaled by the steeply backwardated, or downward-sloping, futures curve, he noted, in which the current spot price of oil is higher than prices for crude for future delivery.

From MarketWatch