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Headlong
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] Like a tower upon a headlong rock. Byron.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
1. With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. Acts i. 18.
2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
3. Hastily; without delay or respite.