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precipitantly

precipitantly adverb: in a precipitant manner; hastily, hurriedly.

Adverb

precipitantly (comparative more precipitantly, superlative most precipitantly)

  1. In a precipitant manner; hastily, hurriedly
    • Us if he ſhall hear novv, hovv much leſs vvill he hear vvhen vve cry hereafter, vvho once deliver'd by him from a King, and not vvithout vvondrous Acts of his Providence, inſenſible and unvvorthy of thoſe high Mercies, are returning precipitantly, if he vvithold us not, back to the Captivity from...1660 February, John Milton, The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, and the Excellence thereof, Compar’d with the Inconveniencies and Dangers of Readmitting Kingship in this Nation...

Synonyms of precipitantly

Forms of precipitantly

comparativemore precipitantly
superlativemost precipitantly

Origin of precipitantly

From precipitant + -ly.

Questions about precipitantly

What does precipitantly mean?
Precipitantly means in a precipitant manner; hastily, hurriedly.
What part of speech is precipitantly?
Precipitantly is an adverb.

Words near precipitantly in the dictionary

  1. precipitance
  2. precipitances
  3. precipitancies
  4. precipitancy
  5. precipitant
  6. precipitantly
  7. precipitantness
  8. precipitants
  9. precipitate
  10. precipitated
  11. precipitately

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