All 3 Uses of
precipitous
in
Into the Wild
- He stayed there for ten days, until high winds forced him to seek refuge in a cave midway up the precipitous face of the bluff, where he remained for another ten days.
p. 36.0precipitous = steep
- Slopes rose precipitously from the water's edge, bearded in a gloom of hemlock and cedar and devil's club.
p. 136.6precipitously = steeply
- By August 19, he was dead. There has been a great deal of conjecture about what caused such a precipitous decline.
p. 189.9 *precipitous = fast
Definition:
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
or:
very steep
or:
very steep