Steepness
['stipnɪs]
Definition
(n.) Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.
(n.) Height; loftiness.
Checker: Melva
Examples
- See how that steepness guards thy flank? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The burst with which the carriage started out of the village and up the rise beyond, was soon checked by the steepness of the hill. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And what an obscenity of steepness it is to arrive here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was sweating heavily and his thigh muscles were twitchy from the steepness of the climb. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Inputed by Lilly