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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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"text": "In signing that contract without reading all of the provisions, I have performed what was a legal requirement most precipitously, leading me to wish that I had taken more care.",
"type": "example"
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"text": "Look here son, in stealing that candy bar from Belsito's market, you have acted precipitously in the extreme; now you will have the unenviable responsibility of telling Mr. Belsito what you have done, and of expressing your heartfelt regret.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "29/04/2026, Pete Hulme, Mapping Consciousness (4/6): Was replicating consciousness Woolf’s conscious intention? paragraph 11",
"text": "What Jane Austen...attempted to do was to narrate her novel always through the eyes of one of her characters, rather than in her own voice. A short quote from Austen’s Emma will illustrate her skill and give an example of her typical tone. Emma’s disastrous plan to link the low-born Harriet to the aspiring clergyman on the rise is being incubated precipitously and with no sense of its limitations in Emma’s mind...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In a precipitous manner.",
"done with a lack of proper decorum, or without adequate thought, care or concern for consequenses."
],
"links": [
[
"precipitous",
"precipitous"
],
[
"decorum",
"decorum"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"In a precipitous manner.",
"(of actions involving intentionality): done with a lack of proper decorum, or without adequate thought, care or concern for consequenses."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of actions involving intentionality"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "carelessly"
},
{
"word": "impulsively"
},
{
"word": "rashly"
},
{
"word": "rash"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.təs.li/",
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"US"
]
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"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "overhaast"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "yllättäen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "äkkiarvaamatta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "abruptement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "unerwartet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "hirtelen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "drastis"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "tiba-tiba"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"lang_code": "ia",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "precipitatemente"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"lang_code": "ia",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "abruptemente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "bruscamente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "precipitevolissimevolmente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "precipitosamente"
},
{
"alt": "きゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kyū",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "急"
},
{
"alt": "とつぜん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "totsuzen",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "突然"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "abruptamente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "precipitadamente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "stremítelʹno",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "стреми́тельно"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "abruptly",
"word": "precipitadamente"
}
],
"word": "precipitously"
}
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