Both Uses of
precipitate
in
The Age of Innocence
- Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden had come to town for a few days from Skuytercliff, whither they had precipitately fled at the announcement of Beaufort's failure.†
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- She looked across the table at her husband, and said precipitately: "I'm sure Ellen meant it kindly."†
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Definition:
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(precipitate as in: a precipitate decision) acting with great haste -- often without adequate thought