precipitous
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precipitous Definition
(s)
done
with
very
great
haste
and
without
due
deliberation
; "
hasty
marriage
seldom
proveth
well
"-
Shakespeare
; "
hasty
makeshifts
take
the
place
of
planning
"-
Arthur
Geddes
; "
rejected
what
was
regarded
as
an
overhasty
plan
for
reconversion
"; "
wondered
whether
(s)
characterized
by
precipices
; "
a
precipitous
bluff
"
(s)
extremely
steep
; "
an
abrupt
canyon
"; "
the
precipitous
rapids
of
the
upper
river
"; "
the
precipitous
hills
of
Chinese
paintings
"; "
a
sharp
drop
"
precipitous Synonyms
abrupt
hasty
overhasty
precipitant
precipitate
precipitous
sharp
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