Precipitously
Precipitously adverb - With excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: the sight of swimmers exiting the water precipitously when some joker shouted “Shark!”
Recklessly and precipitously are semantically related in headlong topic. In some cases you can use "Recklessly" instead the word "Precipitously" as an adverb or an adjective, when it comes to topics like brashly.
Recklessly
Recklessly adverb - In a reckless manner.
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Synonyms for Recklessly
Precipitously and recklessly are semantically related in headlong topic. You can use "Precipitously" instead the word "Recklessly" as an adverb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: reckless, recklessness
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Related pairs
- headlong and precipitously
- headlong and recklessly
- helter-skelter and precipitously
- helter-skelter and recklessly
- pell-mell and precipitously
- pell-mell and recklessly
- quickly and precipitously
- quickly and recklessly
- speedily and precipitously
- speedily and recklessly
- wildly and precipitously
- wildly and recklessly
- hastily and precipitously
- hastily and recklessly
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