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Meaning of word precipitous from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

precipitous adjective

Meaning : Done with very great haste and without due deliberation.

Example : Hasty marriage seldom proveth well.
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.

Synonyms : hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate

Meaning : Extremely steep.

Example : An abrupt canyon.
The precipitous rapids of the upper river.
The precipitous hills of Chinese paintings.
A sharp drop.

Synonyms : abrupt, sharp

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