precipitancy
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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
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Juggernaut became conscious of a distinctly more lenient attitude towards the Rector's precipitancy.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
The two proud champions fled with the utmost precipitancy and in the most rapid manner to each other.
Then I confess I looked round, a little alarmed at my precipitancy.
From The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Weyman, Stanley John
They had remained quite speechless, more astonished at the newcomer's impertinence than wrathful at the interruption; and when the next instant Ursula and Margaret suddenly fled with unaffected precipitancy, no one attempted to stop them.
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness