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What is the adjective for steeping?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs steep and steepen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

steep
  1. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
  2. (informal) expensive
  3. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
  4. (rake) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
  5. Synonyms:
      6. sheer, precipitous, abrupt, sharp, vertical, perpendicular, vertiginous, bluff, bold, acclivitous, declivitous, acclivous, dizzy, scarped, erect, hilly, straight-up, brant, craggy, arduous, acute, high, precipitate, upright, sideling, dizzying, lofty, very steep, falling sharply, sudden, swift, explosive, rapid, fast, extreme, marked, intense, severe, forceful, meteoric, rampant, active, unforeseen, unexpected … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “If we were to climb the steep slope of the Andes from the Pacific shores and cross the summit by one of the passes, we should find ourselves on the high tablelands.”
      “Areca growers have been hit hard by the steep crash in prices.”
      “The greater telecommunications industry relies increasingly on optical technology to meet steep demands for greater services at lower costs.”
steeper
  1. comparative form of steep: more steep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, costlier, pricier, stiffer, more expensive, more excessive, more exorbitant, more extravagant, more dear, more extortionate, more inflated, more overpriced, higher-priced, more outrageous, more pricy, more unaffordable, more unreasonable, more prohibitive, more criminal, more over the top, more uneconomical, more precious, more priceless, more valuable, spendier, more immoderate, more inordinate, extremer, more undue, lavisher, more unconscionable, more plethoric, more overextravagant, more intolerable, more towering, more insane, more overdue, more overweening, more devilish, fancier, more unmerciful, more baroque, more disproportionate, more intemperate, more unmeasurable, more exaggerated, more unwarranted, more needless, more unrestrained, more preposterous … more
steepie
  1. Obsolete form of steepy.
steepish
  1. Somewhat steep
  2. Examples:
      3. “It starts with a steepish mogul field which, once conquered, boosts the confidence.”
      “A room had been reserved for us at a modest but charming pension a steepish climb from the valley floor.”
      “You know, call me a plebeian, call me a killjoy, but two hundred quid strikes me as a bit on the steepish side for a bunch of fish and rice.”
steepy
  1. (obsolete) Steep.
  2. Examples:
      3. “It can be used in steepy terrains because of its operational mobility, and tactical and defensive capabilities.”
      “At this point starts the enjoyng and spectacular slope along the sandy channel of Montagnola, that is steepy but rich of fine vulcanic sand.”
      “Its back has got steepy cliffs almost olways sloping on the bed of two water-course that flow through narrow valleys.”
steepest
  1. superlative form of steep: most steep Being steep to the greatest degree.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sheerest, sharpest, bluffest, boldest, dizziest, hilliest, most abrupt, most vertical, most perpendicular, most vertiginous, most acclivitous, most declivitous, most erect, most brant, craggiest, most upright, most arduous, acutest, highest, most dizzying, loftiest, most precipitate, most sideling, most plumb, most upstanding, straightest, most rampant, most upward, perkiest, most stand-up, swiftest, fastest, most sudden, most explosive, most rapid, extremest, most marked, intensest, severest, most meteoric, most forceful, most active, most unexpected, most unanticipated … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Dozens of funiculars are billed as the world's shortest, steepest or shortest-and-steepest railway.”
      “By the time the steepest descent is over my arms are hurting, but we haven't stopped and it's not over yet.”
      “As a beast of burden the yak can keep a foothold on even the steepest path and it can be ridden.”
steepier
  1. comparative form of steepy: more steepy
steepiest
  1. superlative form of steepy: most steepy
steeped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of steep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. soaked, soused, drenched, saturated, sopped, submerged, immersed, drowned, soddened, sodden, bathed, waterlogged, moistened, damped, impregnated, filled, stood, wet through, wet, wetted, washed, doused, macerated, imbued, watered, wet down, rinsed, suffused, flooded, inundated, dowsed, dunked, splashed, ducked, percolated, irrigated, dipped, deluged, bedraggled, submersed, infused, sloshed, slopped, seeped, plunged, permeated, baptised, baptized, swamped, transfused … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The grandmother's wisdom was steeped in traditions and passed down through generations.”
steeping
  1. present participle of steep
  2. Synonyms:
      3. soaking, sousing, drenching, saturating, sopping, submerging, immersing, drowning, soddening, bathing, waterlogging, moistening, damping, impregnating, filling, standing, wetting through, dousing, wetting, washing, macerating, dowsing, watering, dunking, imbuing, ducking, dipping, infusing, submersing, rinsing, suffusing, marinating, flooding, plunging, inundating, splashing, deluging, bedraggling, percolating, irrigating, retting, wetting down, sloshing, slopping, seeping, sinking, seething, marinading, permeating, baptizing … more
steepened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of steepen
steepening
  1. present participle of steepen
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