All 3 Uses of
precipitation
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- She would have questioned him as he passed by her, but the worthy creature hastened down the staircase with unusual precipitation, and only raised his hands to heaven and exclaimed, "Oh, mademoiselle, mademoiselle, what a dreadful misfortune!†
Chpt 29-30
- He hastily tore off the cover, opened the journal with nervous precipitation, passed contemptuously over the Paris jottings, and arriving at the miscellaneous intelligence, stopped with a malicious smile, at a paragraph headed "We hear from Yanina."†
Chpt 77-78
- This precipitation—this unusual appointment.†
Chpt 105-106 *
Definition:
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(precipitation) rain, snow, hail, or sleet