Beyond the railway—which runs parallel to the river—the land sinks, then rises again rather steeply.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— LOFTY, HIGH —used chiefly of a sea
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Macmillan
— a steep slope rises quickly and is difficult to climb
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Collins
— A steep slope rises at a very sharp angle and is difficult to go up.
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1 use of ‘steeply’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster