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precipitously

adv
/pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.təs.li/US

Etymology

From precipitous + -ly.

  1. derived from praecipiō
  2. derived from *kap-✻
  3. derived from praecipitium
  4. borrowed from precipice
  5. suffixed as precipitous — “precipice + ous”
  6. suffixed as precipitously — “precipitous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a precipitous manner.

    • Population dropped to the lowest point in five millennia. State resources declined precipitously. In many strategic and formerly prosperous areas, there were tax revenue losses of 90 percent or more in less than a single lifetime.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at precipitously. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at precipitously. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at precipitously

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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