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Definition of Precipitousness
1. Noun. The property possessed by a slope that is very steep.
Generic synonyms: Gradient, Slope
Derivative terms: Abrupt, Precipitous, Steep, Steep
Antonyms: Gradualness
2. Noun. The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
Generic synonyms: Haste, Hastiness, Hurriedness, Hurry, Precipitation
Derivative terms: Abrupt, Precipitant, Precipitant, Precipitate, Precipitous, Sudden
Definition of Precipitousness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being precipitous. ¹
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Definition of Precipitousness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Precipitousness
Literary usage of Precipitousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Picturesque Scenery: Or Studies of Nature Made in Travel by Henry Twining (1853)
"Ruggedness and precipitousness, or steepness of the slopes, may doubtless exercise
a considerable influence in rendering an eminence that kind of natural ..."
2. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare (1891)
"4. precipitation, precipitousness, the space through which anything is precipitated.
5. Below the beam of sight, farther than the eye could pierce. ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"A certain amount of verdure grows on the lower slopes, but the extreme precipitousness
of its sides prevents growth to any height. ..."
4. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1873)
"... should be to us an example of the utmost possible stability of precipitousness
attained with materials of imperfect and variable character; and, ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"The mountains fling themselves aloft on cither hand with astounding precipitousness,
as it were, into the uppermost heights of heaven—so steeply, in fact, ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1909)
"He is glad to take his chances again in the big outside worldly wilderness with
all its sins and sufferings. The element of precipitousness, ..."
7. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Precipitation, precipitousness; III. ii. 4. Preparation, force ready for action ; I.
ii. 15. Present, present time, opportunity; I. vi. ..."
8. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1890)
"... hills in a philosophic contemplation of the precipitousness which cliffs of
ordinary soft " kreide " can maintain when protected by a basalt cap. ..."
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