Usually means: Suddenly, with great speed, steeply.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word precipitously:

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  1. precipitously: Merriam-Webster
  2. precipitously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. precipitously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. precipitously: Vocabulary.com
  5. Precipitously, precipitously: Wordnik
  6. precipitously: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. precipitously: Wiktionary
  8. precipitously: Dictionary.com
  9. precipitously: Rhymezone
  10. precipitously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. precipitously: FreeDictionary.org
  12. precipitously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. precipitously: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. precipitously: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (precipitously)

▸ adverb:  In a precipitous manner.
▸ adverb:  Abruptly; quickly.
▸ adverb:  At a sharp upwards angle.

Similar:
sharply, precipitately, precipitantly, abruptly, precipitato, impetuously, headlong, abruptively, headfirst, sheerly, more...

Phrases:
drop precipitously, rose precipitously, more...

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Similar:
sharply, precipitately, precipitantly, abruptly, precipitato, impetuously, headlong, abruptively, headfirst, sheerly, more...

Phrases:
drop precipitously, rose precipitously, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     vermilion,     ruby,     burgundy, more...



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