as in hastily
with excessive or careless speed
the sight of swimmers exiting the water precipitously when some joker shouted "Shark!"
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Recent Examples of precipitously
Its shares initially soared before falling precipitously since its debut.
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Those calls intensified as the temperature precipitously dropped and several people died because of the cold, despite none of the 20 who died lived in an encampment.
—Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Over the subsequent decades, however, those launch costs dropped precipitously.
—Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
And the number of children living in the city has dropped precipitously by about 10,000 in the last 15 years.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Many famed surf spots to the south — like Doheny, San Clemente and San Onofre — also have seen the beach narrow precipitously.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
With the advent of globalization and neo-liberal trade policies, that number has fallen precipitously to a mere 3 percent today.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
What began as an emergency measure cannot become a convenient default whenever there is snow on the ground or temperatures drop precipitously.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
New iterations and versions of AI systems have caused usage fees to fall precipitously, which the AVA team sees as a key advantage of AI tools given limited court budgets.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 3 Jan. 2026
Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Those calls intensified as the temperature precipitously dropped and several people died because of the cold, despite none of the 20 who died lived in an encampment.
—Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Over the subsequent decades, however, those launch costs dropped precipitously.
—Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
And the number of children living in the city has dropped precipitously by about 10,000 in the last 15 years.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Many famed surf spots to the south — like Doheny, San Clemente and San Onofre — also have seen the beach narrow precipitously.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
With the advent of globalization and neo-liberal trade policies, that number has fallen precipitously to a mere 3 percent today.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
What began as an emergency measure cannot become a convenient default whenever there is snow on the ground or temperatures drop precipitously.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
New iterations and versions of AI systems have caused usage fees to fall precipitously, which the AVA team sees as a key advantage of AI tools given limited court budgets.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipitously
Adverb
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Residents have claimed the project was approved hastily with little debate or public notice.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Even the biographies now hastily being published by the regime don’t list any other jobs for him.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Radcliffe exclaims in his London accent, walking hurriedly towards Liu and hugging her.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting — without a public hearing — the enabling legislation needed to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Our next step is to understand how cells controlling hesitation interact with drugs treating ADHD and OCD, conditions where patients can respond impulsively during volatile or uncertain situations.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Precipitously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precipitously. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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