precipitancy
Example Sentences
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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
Juggernaut became conscious of a distinctly more lenient attitude towards the Rector's precipitancy.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
I shall represent to her all kinds of reasons for precipitancy and secrecy—temporary secrecy.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
A pretty thing it would be if upon his landing Hoche found the ground already cut from beneath his feet by the precipitancy of his Irish allies!
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
I could hardly be silent except I so feared precipitancy.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
