est: äkiline

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means(adjective) extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
sharp, abrupt, precipitous
means(adjective) exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
abrupt
means(adjective) happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"
sudden
means(adjective) so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"
startling
means(adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, hasty
means(adjective) surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
abrupt

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