a. [f. STEEP a. + -ISH.] Somewhat steep, rather precipitous.
1814. Jane Austen, Mansf. Park, xxv. I was suddenly, upon turning the corner of a steepish downy field, in the midst of a retired little village.
1881. Jrnl. Linn. Soc., XV. 422. Outer lip thin, with a flattened convex curve, which is steepish at the shoulder.
1890. ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Robbery under Arms, 168. The driver’s walking his horses up a steepish hill.
