| slovo | definícia |
precipitous
(encz) | precipitous,náhlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitous
(encz) | precipitous,překotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitous
(encz) | precipitous,srázný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitous
(encz) | precipitous,strmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Precipitous
(gcide) | Precipitous \Pre*cip"i*tous\, a. [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF.
precipiteux. See Precipice.]
1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or
mountain.
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2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
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3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous
attempts. --Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous
`Hush!'" --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. --
Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
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precipitous
(wn) | precipitous
adj 1: 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 they had been rather
precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
2: extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids
of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese
paintings"; "a sharp drop" [syn: abrupt, precipitous,
sharp] |
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precipitously
(mass) | precipitously
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precipitously
(encz) | precipitously,náhle adv: Zdeněk Brožprecipitously,prudce adv: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitousness
(encz) | precipitousness, n: |
Precipitous
(gcide) | Precipitous \Pre*cip"i*tous\, a. [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF.
precipiteux. See Precipice.]
1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or
mountain.
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2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
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3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous
attempts. --Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous
`Hush!'" --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. --
Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
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precipitous steep
(gcide) | clifflike \clifflike\ adj.
characterized by cliffs; -- of a shore or shoreline; --
contrasted with beachy. [Narrower terms: {precipitous,
steep}]
Syn: cliffy.
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Precipitously
(gcide) | Precipitous \Pre*cip"i*tous\, a. [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF.
precipiteux. See Precipice.]
1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or
mountain.
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2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
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3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous
attempts. --Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous
`Hush!'" --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. --
Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
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Precipitousness
(gcide) | Precipitous \Pre*cip"i*tous\, a. [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF.
precipiteux. See Precipice.]
1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or
mountain.
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2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
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3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous
attempts. --Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous
`Hush!'" --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. --
Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
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precipitously
(wn) | precipitously
adv 1: very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that
precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose
sharply" [syn: precipitously, sharply]
2: abruptly; in a precipitous manner; "the mountains rose
precipitously from the shore" |
precipitousness
(wn) | precipitousness
n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep [syn:
abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] [ant:
gentleness, gradualness]
2: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without
warning [syn: abruptness, precipitateness,
precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy,
suddenness] |
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