Precipitous: alternatives and connections

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

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Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

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Bright; glittering; fiery.

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Bright; glittering; fiery.

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A sudden or headlong fall.

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A sudden or headlong fall.

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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 precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a p…

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

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Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

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Too hasty; precipitate; rash.

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Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

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Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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