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Meanings of precipitous in английском
Done with very great haste and without due deliberation.
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Usage of precipitous in английском
1
The new nonskid type of napkin adheres to the abdomen, however precipitous.
2
From a high in 1990, the crime rate went into precipitous decline.
3
Dunstanburgh's precipitous cliffs loom large again as you pass the golf course.
4
The declivity marks the end of the precipitous gorge of the Niagara.
5
They carried on downwards, negotiating flight after flight of precipitous stone steps.
6
They are in some places almost mountainous in height and exceedingly precipitous.
7
Plenty of deep water; banks too precipitous for the animals to water.
8
The descent of the pass on that side is precipitous and exciting.
9
He rolled himself to the verge of the first precipitous grassy descent.
10
Solzhenitsyn's fall from official grace was almost as precipitous as his rise.
11
They were in a small lake surrounded by lofty and precipitous icebergs.
12
Thin streaks of cascades on precipitous rocks made silver veinings in ebony.
13
Shorty whirled his horse and flung it wildly down the precipitous slope.
14
Then it grew precipitous, and the ascent demanded greater circumspection and intelligence.
15
That makes a precipitous decline in obesity in that group highly unlikely.
16
About it stood the most precipitous granite cliffs to be found hereabouts.
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Precipitous across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common