Dictionary Definition
precipitously adv
1 very suddenly and to a great degree;
"conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices
rose sharply" [syn: sharply]
2 abruptly; in a precipitous manner; "the
mountains rose precipitously from the shore"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adverb
- abruptly; in a precipitous manner
Translations
- Dutch: overhaast, onbezonnen
- Finnish: yllättäen, äkkiarvaamatta
- French: abruptement
- German: unerwartet
- Indonesian: drastis, tiba-tiba
- Interlingua: precipitatemente, abruptemente
- Italian: bruscamente, precipitevolissimevolmente
- Japanese: 急 (きゅう, kyū), 突然 (とつぜん, totsuzen) (?)
- Portuguese: abruptamente
- Spanish: precipitadamente