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
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 Marion Harland
The disorder of his apparel and the perspiration that covered his brow bespoke the precipitancy of his return.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
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 Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
That idea made precipitancy positively imperative; and by the next morning each of the young men had fully made up his mind to take the first opportunity of asking Isabella Walters to be his wife.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
This is one of the many examples of the share of Diderot's energetic and stimulating intelligence, in directing and nourishing the movement of the time, its errors and precipitancies included.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley
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