adv
Meaning 1
In a precipitous manner.
Abruptly; quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
precipitously
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P R IY2 S IH1 P IH0 T AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In a precipitous manner.
At a sharp upwards angle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
abruptly; in a precipitous manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the mountains rose precipitously from the shore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
very suddenly and to a great degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate
- prices rose sharply
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sharply
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English precipitous Middle English -ly English -ly English precipitously From precipitous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: overhaast — abruptly
- Finnish: yllättäen — abruptly
- Finnish: äkkiarvaamatta — abruptly
- French: abruptement — abruptly
- German: unerwartet — abruptly
- Hungarian: hirtelen — abruptly
- Indonesian: drastis — abruptly
- Indonesian: tiba-tiba — abruptly
- Interlingua: precipitatemente — abruptly
- Interlingua: abruptemente — abruptly
- Italian: bruscamente — abruptly
- Italian: precipitevolissimevolmente — abruptly
- Italian: precipitosamente — abruptly
- Japanese: 急 (kyū) — abruptly
- Japanese: 突然 (totsuzen) — abruptly
- Portuguese: abruptamente — abruptly
- Portuguese: precipitadamente — abruptly
- Russian: стреми́тельно (stremítelʹno) — abruptly
- Spanish: precipitadamente — abruptly