a precipizio
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “at precipice”.
Adjective edit
- precipitous (all senses)
Adverb edit
- 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.”)