precipitously in English

adverb

[prɪ'sɪpɪtəslɪ]

steeply, with a high gradient of inclination, almost vertically, sheerly

Use "precipitously" in a sentence

1. The dollar plunged precipitously.

2. We don't want to act precipitously.

3. The ground beyond the road fell away precipitously.

4. Performance drops off precipitously when requests are queued.

5. The mountains rose precipitously from the shore.

6. The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.

7. They've got to act precipitously to make the deals.

8. Most of the rest of the island is precipitously mountainous.

9. Putin's work in East Germany was precipitously drawing to a close.

10. The land dropped precipitously down to the rocky shore.

11. If coalition forces leave Iraq precipitously , anarchy and extremism would result .

12. We realized that her blood pressure was continuing to drop precipitously.

13. God’s patience means salvation for many who would perish if he acted precipitously.

14. Putin's work in East Germany was precipitously drawing to a close. Sentencedict.com

15. The French, already planning a leisurely evacuation of the city, instead fled precipitously northeastward.

16. The company has seen its profits fall precipitously over the past few years.

17. At the outer edge of each shelf, the sea floor plunges precipitously down into the depths.

18. But the relationship with Pataki deteriorated precipitously in recent days as McCaughey Ross openly defied him.

19. * Nearby is World’s End, an escarpment where the rocky cliff drops precipitously over 5,000 feet [1500 m].

20. The price of shares in the company dropped precipitously with the news of poor sales figures.

21. Synonyms for Abruptly include short, suddenly, unexpectedly, hastily, hurriedly, precipitately, precipitously, unanticipatedly, unceremonially and unceremoniously

22. Anarchism grew precipitously during the 19th century, with the strongest variants being the syndicalist and anarcho-communist doctrines.

23. Since the introduction of our latest line of autonomous law enforcement officers, crime has dropped precipitously.

24. The meal over, guests rush away. They rush away precipitously, as if they feared a plague.

25. Audiologist salaries in Kentucky, too, have declined precipitously (down 11.2%), from $75,880 to $67,410 in 2014 and 2019, respectively

26. The availability of private debt has since declined precipitously as part of the deleveraging process in advanced countries

27. In many careers, starting salaries are puny but rice precipitously once people get five to 10 years' experience.

28. The first word rose with unlimited aspiration, the second fell precipitously without hope, the third seemed strangely complaining.

29. 'You don't want to quit precipitously since you can traumatize yourself even more by facing extended un employment .

30. It is an impressive marble peak that rises precipitously from the sea to a height of 6,667 feet [2,032 m].

31. Before me lay a deep gulley choked with oleanders and thorny scrub, which descended precipitously down to the private beach.

32. Abruptly (comparative more Abruptly, superlative most Abruptly) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously

33. The Abruptness would mean that, as astronomers look farther into the early universe, the number of supernovae should drop precipitously, with vast numbers of …

34. V-Dem’s findings are bracing: The United States is undergoing “substantial Autocratization” — defined as the loss of democratic traits — that has accelerated precipitously under President Trump.

35. For example, Posicor, an antihypertensive drug, was taken off the market because it would cause blood pressure to drop precipitously when used with other heart medications.

36. In Italy, the government shifted into emergency mode on Tuesday, as government-bond yields climbed and the share prices of the Italian banks that hold many of them slid precipitously.

37. “As you sit, the activity of lipoprotein lipase, the enzyme that allows muscles to draw fat circulating in the blood and burn it off, drops precipitously,” says the Vancouver Sun.

38. As adverbs the difference between Abruptly and suddenly is that Abruptly is in an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously while suddenly is happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

39. This page shows answers to the clue Abruptly, followed by 5 definitions like “(adv.) Precipitously”, “Surprisingly curt; brusque” and “Quickly and without warning”.Synonyms for Abruptly are for example all of a sudden, brief and briefly.More synonyms can be found below the puzzle answers.

40. It is hard to keep up the climate panic as reality diverges from the alarmist predictions more than ever before: the global temperature has not risen over the past ten years, it has declined precipitously in the last year and a half, and studies show that it might not rise again before the middle of the next decade.