Steepness Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Steepness

abruptness
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
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precipitousness
The state or quality of being precipitous.
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Antonyms for Steepness

gradualness
The condition of being gradual
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Words Related to Steepness

steepen
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Steepness Sentence Examples

  • Its great length (460 ft.) and the height and steepness of its vaulted cedar-wood roof (1538) are very impressive.

  • The distinguishing feature of the first is the steepness of its outlines; this indicates that the induction increases rapidly in relation to the magnetic force, and hence the metal is well suited for the construction of dynamo magnets.

  • Owing to the great elevation and steepness of the mountains, dreadful storms arise among the hollows, often attended with fatal results.

  • The continental shelf is the gentle slope which extends from the edge of the land to a depth usually about loo, though in some cases as much as 300 fathoms, and is there demarcated by an abrupt increase in the steepness of the slope to ocean depths.

  • The greater steepness of its sides makes Meru in some aspects a more striking object than its taller neighbour.

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