Abruptness: alternatives and connections

Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

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Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.

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Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

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The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

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An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

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The quality of bing curt.

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Alt. of Precipitancy

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The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a p…

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The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

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Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.

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The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

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The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

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