precipitance
Example Sentences
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For, as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
The spiritual mission, therefore, the purpose for which only the religious teacher was sent, has now perished altogether—overlaid and confounded by the merely scientific wranglings to which his own inconsiderate precipitance has opened the door.
From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
That does not mean, and has nothing to do with, 'proud precipitance of soul,' nor haste in forming pregnant resolves.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley
Caravan bounded to his feet with such precipitance that his chair rolled over against the chair.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Guy de Maupassant
Till the Highlanders lost their ferocity, with their arms, they suffered from each other all that malignity could dictate, or precipitance could act.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
