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precipitous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate |
| Derivation | precipitousness |
Examples of precipitous
precipitous
Perhaps the best that could be said is that a collapse would not be precipitous.
From the economist.com
The President also wants to avoid precipitous major slashes in federal spending.
From the time.com
The precipitous mountains tower over the surrounding area by up to 1,000 meters.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As a result, the collapse in real estate values was not that precipitous either.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If the Balmoral's room prices seem equally precipitous, it is money well spent.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
At the edge of the bedrock and wild blueberry bushes is a precipitous drop-off.
From the timesunion.com
The precipitous decline of the Euro vs. other currencies is mostly responsible.
From the forbes.com
La Gomera is too precipitous to build runways long enough for international jets.
From the independent.co.uk
For Johnson, the prospect of parenthood was a precipitous launch for his quest.
From the sacbee.com
- Hasty: 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 ...
- Abrupt: extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
- (precipitously) very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"
- (precipitousness) abruptness: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
- (precipitousness) abruptness: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena) is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that is pulled down by gravity and deposited on the Earth's surface. ...
- Steep like a precipice; sheer; having precipices.
