precipitousness

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Mrs. Landry rose with precipitousness, and the beautiful lady, very red, followed.

From The Beautiful Lady by Tarkington, Booth

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

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

There is a river there called the Kaoma, running into the lake, the sides of which are similar in precipitousness to the rocks before us.'

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

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