Precipitous

Adjective

 * 1) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
 * 2) Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
 * 3) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
 * 4) * 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
 * ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.

Adverbs for Precipitous
steeply; impossibly; dangerously; riskily; alarmingly; terribly; terrifyingly; incredibly; unreasonably; unspeakably; deucedly; murderously; roughly; icily; tremendously; impressively; imposingly; magnificently; superbly; splendidly; grandly; incalculably; immeasurably; dizzily; stupendously.

Thesaurus
abrupt, accident-prone, acclivitous, arduous, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, declivitous, desperate, devil-may-care, electrifying, furious, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, mad, nerve-shattering, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, panting, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitant, precipitate, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, rushing, sharp, sheer, shocking, sideling, slap-bang, slapdash, speedy, startling, steep, stickle, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, sudden, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, up-and-down, vertical, wanton, wild

Translations

 * Finnish: jyrkkä
 * German:, , , , ,


 * Hungarian: meredek


 * Finnish: äkkijyrkkä
 * German:


 * Finnish: äkillinen
 * German: