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Adverb: precipitously  pri'si-pi-tus-lee
  1. Very suddenly and to a great degree
    "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"
    - sharply
     
  2. Abruptly; in a precipitous manner
    "the mountains rose precipitously from the shore"

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