PRECIPITOUSLY

• (adverb) abruptly; in a precipitous manner

  "the mountains rose precipitously from the shore"

• (adverb) very suddenly and to a great degree

  "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate", "prices rose sharply"

  synonyms : sharply

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