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Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.

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  1. n. Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.
  2. n. Height; loftiness.
  3. n. the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
  4. 1. Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof. 2. Height; loftiness. [Obs.] Chapman.
  5. n:100 n the property possessed by a slope that is very steep