Steepiness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of steepness. obsolete, uncountable
"[T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]"
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More examples"[T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]"
Etymology
From steepy + -ness.
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