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precipitousness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun precipitousness has 2 senses
- precipitousness(n = noun.attribute) abruptness, steepness - the property possessed by a slope that is very steep; Array is a kind of gradient, slope
- precipitousness(n = noun.attribute) abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness - the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning; Array is a kind of haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
Derived form adjective precipitous2
Derived form adjective precipitous1
ROGET THESAURUS
precipitousness
Haste
N haste, urgency, despatch, dispatch, acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash, speed, velocity, precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness, impetuosity, brusquerie, hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter, hasty, hurried, brusque, scrambling, cursory, precipitate, headlong, furious, boisterous, impetuous, hotheaded, feverish, fussy, pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed, urgent, with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste, apace, amain, all at once, at short notice, immediately, posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches, hastily, precipitately, helter-skelter, hurry-skurry, holus-bolus, slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders, headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump, sauve qui peut, every man for himself, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne Hast aber ohne Rast stand not upon the order, swift, swift, you dragons of the night.
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