Definisjon av Precipitous

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Adjective

Precipitous - 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 they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"
Precipitous - extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
abrupt, precipitous, sharp
steep having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"
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Adjektiv

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

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  • Precipitous
    Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

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