HEADLONG

adv. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. Acts i. 18.

2.
adv.

Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.

3.
adv.

Hastily; without delay or respite.

4.
a.

Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.

5.
a.

Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] Like a tower upon a headlong rock. Byron.


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