steil — meaning in English

English meaning

• abrupt adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
• arduous adjective Requiring great effort or endurance; difficult and tiring.
• sheer adjective Thin enough to see through.
• steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.

Senses

steil is used for these senses in English:

• abrupt Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
• arduous Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
• sheer Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
• steep Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

abrupt — full definition

1. adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
2. adj Blunt or curt in manner, verging on rude.
3. adj Very steep, as if broken off sharply.

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