- 1very steep, high, and often dangerous synonym sheer precipitous cliffs a precipitous drop at the side of the road
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- 2sudden and great synonym abrupt a precipitous decline in exports
- 3done very quickly, without enough thought or care synonym hasty a precipitous action
adverb The land dropped precipitously down to the rocky shore. The dollar plunged precipitously. We don't want to act precipitously. see precipiceSee precipitous in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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