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
We never guessed the real cause, never saw that he was driven to his last expedient, and obliged to prejudice all his hope of success by precipitancy.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
The contingency was by no means improbable; and it was urged so strongly by Garnet, that Catesby began to regret his precipitancy in sending the message.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Bruin made off into the timber with great precipitancy.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
Stella had been conclusively proved to be a vessel of abominable things; Matilda, owing to his foolish precipitancy in surrendering his right of pre-emption, had been annexed by Mr Winterton.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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 Morley, John
