PRECIPITOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • extremely steep
   Synonym(s)
   • abrupt (what does abrupt mean?)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an abrupt canyon
   • the precipitous rapids of the upper river
   • the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings
   • a sharp drop
   Similar To
   • steep (what does steep mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characterized by precipices
   Usage Example(s)
   • a precipitous bluff
   Similar To
   • cliffy (what does cliffy mean?)
   • clifflike (what does clifflike mean?)
3. Meaning
   • done with very great haste and without due deliberation
   Synonym(s)
   • hasty (what does hasty mean?)
   • overhasty (what does overhasty mean?)
   • precipitant (what does precipitant mean?)
   • precipitate (what does precipitate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • hurried (what does hurried mean?)