precipitancy
Example Sentences
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English papers opined that French "precipitancy" had blighted the Danubian Union's chances of success. at the outset, but that British "deliberate action" might yet reconcile everyone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I confess I looked round a little alarmed at my precipitancy.
From When Love Calls by Weyman, Stanley John
Whatever resolve had drained her cheeks and lips of bloom, and lighted the steady flame in her eyes, had been acted upon with precipitancy, lest her nerve should fail.
From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion
He hesitated, looked painfully distressed, and was disconcerted at his own precipitancy.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
But he fled with the utmost precipitancy, uttering the name of the incomparable princess of Babylon, and swearing by the immortal gods, that she was far handsomer than the Venetian girls.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
