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Meaning of 'precipitous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Precipitous [ a.]
- Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
- Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
- Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.

Meaning of 'precipitous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . precipitous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- extremely steep
Example in sentence:
  • a sharp drop;
  • an abrupt canyon;
  • the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings;
  • the precipitous rapids of the upper river
Meaning (2):
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Example in sentence:
  • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning;
  • hasty marriage seldom proveth well;
  • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion;
  • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

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