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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “at precipice”.
Adjective
a precipizio (invariable)
- precipitous (all senses)
Adverb
a precipizio
- precipitously
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:E mentre vedeva quell'orda nera avanzare a precipizio verso sud, vide anche un'altra forza raccoltasi misteriosamente che la incalzava a tutta un tratto da dietro, chiudendo al nemico ogni via per terra e per mare.- Even while he saw the black horde racing southward he saw another force, mysteriously assembled, suddenly planted in their rear, cutting their comunications by land and sea.
- (literally, “As he saw that black horde advance precipitously towards the south, he also saw another force gather mysteriously that was pursuing it all of a sudden from behind, closing off all routes by land and by sea to the enemy.”)