Meaning & use
steepest
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Having the sharpest, most extreme incline or slope among a group being compared.
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This is the steepest hill on the entire cycling route.
Prices saw their steepest increase in a decade this quarter.
A note on using this word
Steepest can describe physical inclines as well as figurative extremes, such as the steepest rise or fall in statistics.
Words with a similar meaning
sharpestsheerest
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Words with an opposite meaning
gentlestflattest
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