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Defenition of the word precipitous

    • Defenition of the word precipitous

      • Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
      • extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
      • characterized by precipices; "a precipitous bluff"
      • 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
      • extremely steep
      • done with very great haste and without due deliberation

    Synonyms for the word precipitous

      • abrupt
      • sharp
      • sheer
      • steep

    Similar words in the precipitous

      • clifflike
      • cliffy
      • hurried
      • precipitous
      • precipitously
      • steep

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