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precipitous

adjective

done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether
Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate Similar: hurried
characterized by precipices; "a precipitous bluff"
Similar: cliffy, clifflike
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
Synonyms: abrupt, sharp Similar: steep