precipitousness

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Where should we be--any of us" (I raised my voice still louder and waved my hand to Antonio),--"where should we be, either of us" (and I bowed to the others) "without you Mrs. Landry rose with precipitousness, and the beautiful lady, very red, followed.

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  1. The state or quality of being precipitous or steep: steepness.
  2. Hastiness; precipitation; rash haste. As simplicity ordinarily signifies sencelessness, precipitousness, as Trismegistus defines it, μάνιας/είδοσ, σ2, a species of madness in one place, and τιςμεθη, a kind of drunkenness in another, a wild irrational acting. Hammond, Works, IV. iii.

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  • Where should we be--any of us" (I raised my voice still louder and waved my hand to Antonio),--"where should we be, either of us" (and I bowed to the others) "without you Mrs. Landry rose with precipitousness, and the beautiful lady, very red, followed. —  The Beautiful Lady
  • Where is the sharpness and precipitousness, the contempt for life, whether one's own or another's? —  The Rule of Reason
  • Where is the sharpness and precipitousness, the contempt for life, whether one's own, or another's? —  Memories and Studies
  • With characteristic precipitousness Flame jumped to her feet. —  Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs
  • Mrs. Landry rose with precipitousness, and the beautiful lady, very red, followed. —  The Beautiful Lady
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