abruptness
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(noun) an abrupt discourteous manner |
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Synonyms: brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness |
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Related Words: discourtesy, rudeness |
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(noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
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Synonyms: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness |
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Related Words: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry |
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(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep |
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Synonyms: precipitousness, steepness |
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Related Words: gradient, slope |
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Antonyms: gradualness |
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