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precipitous
adjective
dangerously steep
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pɹɪˈsɪpɪtəs
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adjective
dangerously steep
“an abrupt canyon”
adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'hasty marriage seldom proveth well'}”
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an abrupt canyon
the precipitous rapids of the upper river
the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings
a sharp drop
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'hasty marriage seldom proveth well'}
{'source': 'Arthur Geddes', 'text': 'hasty makeshifts take the place of planning'}
rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
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