precipitately
/pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.tət.li/
precipitately adverb: in a precipitate manner.
Adverb
precipitately (comparative more precipitately, superlative most precipitately)
- In a precipitate manner.
- She sains herself, and the thief takes to flight so precipitately as to leave behind her a copper pan of a form never seen before.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 263
- He talked precipitately, and I did not try to stop him.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 215
- Synonyms:
- precipitantly
precipitately meaning in Urdu
precipitately in Urdu
- اندھادھند
Examples of precipitately in a sentence
- Thomas Didymus, I leave you to your conclusions," and the enthusiast vanished out of the office as precipitately as he had entered.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
- Nawnim rushed into the bedroom so precipitately that he nearly crashed into the bed.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 63:
- Despite their pre-war pioneering work in diesel rail traction, the Germans did not precipitately dieselise their own national system as soon as post-war opportunity offered.1963 June, G. Freeman Allen, “The success of diesel-hydraulics on the German Federal Railway”, in Modern Railways, page 387:
Synonyms of precipitately
Forms of precipitately
| comparative | more precipitately |
|---|---|
| superlative | most precipitately |
Origin of precipitately
From precipitate + -ly.
Questions about precipitately
- What does precipitately mean?
- Precipitately means in a precipitate manner.
- What is precipitately in Urdu?
- Precipitately in Urdu is اندھادھند. See Precipitately meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use precipitately in a sentence?
- Thomas Didymus, I leave you to your conclusions," and the enthusiast vanished out of the office as precipitately as he had entered.
- What part of speech is precipitately?
- Precipitately is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce precipitately?
- Precipitately is pronounced /pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.tət.li/.
Words near precipitately in the dictionary
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