steeply
Americanadverb
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The starting point will be Uruguay, where the number of Catholics has fallen away steeply in recent years and which is getting its first Papal visit in four decades.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Car and motorbike deliveries for the year are nevertheless expected to fall more steeply than expected, BMW said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Acme was filmed right as the steeply indebted Warner Bros. was merging with Zaslav’s Discovery Inc.; it then fell prey to the new CEO’s scythe.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Saed Hasan, 41, who runs a stall selling mobile-phone accessories in Amman, said his sales have fallen steeply since the war began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Justice is, indeed, a product of the Appalachian coalmining country where lush mountains flank rust-colored creeks, the hollows rising so steeply that there is barely room for a house on either side of the creeks.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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