noun
- An abrupt discourteous manner.
- synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
- The property possessed by a slope that is very steep.
- synonyms: precipitousness, steepness
- The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
- synonyms: precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
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