precipitously in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for precipitously in the English»French Dictionary

precipitously [Brit prɪˈsɪpɪtəsli, Am prəˈsɪpədəsli] ADV form

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The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped precipitously as prices on the notes surged.
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While libraries have been accused of precipitously throwing out valuable information in card catalogues, most modern ones have nonetheless made the move to electronic catalogue databases.
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Over the past three decades rates of divorce, single parenting, and cohabitation have risen precipitously.
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Its stock price fell precipitously, prompting the company to cancel its year-end dividend payment.
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Thereafter, the rate of attachment to pacifiers dropped precipitously until, at 24 months of age and later, it was quite rare.
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However, the company had very little interest in the magazine itself; throughout the 1990s the number of issues per year declined precipitously and erratically.
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Or prudently find a new love for him, not precipitously, but gradually so as to not turn his melancholia into mania.
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