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headlong

headlong is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.2. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
  2. 2.Hastily; without delay or respite.
  3. 3.Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
  4. 4.Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] Like a tower upon a headlong rock. Byron.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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