precipitousness

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But unfortunately the precipitousness of the street encouraged its head-strong caprices, and a few seconds later all four shafts were broken, and the pantechnicon seemed to scent the open prairie.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

The precipitousness of the affair had taken her breath away and driven all thought in mad rout from her mind.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

The first impression when one arrives at Hopi Point is of the nearness of the buttes, and the sheer precipitousness of the place upon which he stands.

From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton

But it is often possible to ascertain from a distance, if the cliff can be got relieved against the sky, the approximate degree of its precipitousness.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

Owing to the precipitousness of the banks, I was unable to gain my object, and was therefore compelled to remain in the stream.

From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.