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precipitously::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | sharply |
conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate.
precipitously:: | Spocien Dictionary
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the mountains rose precipitously from the shore.
Examples of precipitously
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Since then, the level of PCBs has dropped precipitously in Saginaw Bay walleyes.
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As a result, emissions of this potent ozone-depleting gas dropped precipitously.
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His weight had dropped precipitously and he was becoming less and less rational.
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But once the downturn hit, the number of businesses began falling precipitously.
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The number of men heading into finance has dipped too, but not so precipitously.
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Still, the talent level hasn't declined as precipitously as the experience level.
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This year the GDP in every G7 country will shrink, in some cases precipitously.
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The statistics continue to decrease precipitously as you go down the seed line.
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This is why the amount has fallen so precipitously, especially in Silicon Valley.
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- Very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"
- Abruptly; in a precipitous manner; "the mountains rose precipitously from the shore"
- (precipitous) 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 ...
- (precipitousness) abruptness: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
- (precipitousness) abruptness: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- (Precipitous) 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. ...
