What does precipitately mean?
Precipitately means In a precipitate manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
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.
He talked precipitately, and I did not try to stop him.
"That's that!" said Mailey, folding up the paper. "Now, Mr. Thomas Didymus, I leave you to your conclusions," and the enthusiast vanished out of the office as precipitately as he had entered.
Nawnim rushed into the bedroom so precipitately that he nearly crashed into the bed.
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.
Use precipitately when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Precipitately means In a precipitate manner..
Common synonyms include precipitantly, headlong.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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