Definition of Precipitous

Adjective

  • extremely steep
    "an abrupt canyon"
    "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
    "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"
    "a sharp drop"
  • 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 rather precipitate in deposing the king"
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