dangerously

see definition of dangerously

advprecariously

Word Origin & History

early 13c., "difficult, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-French dangerous, Old French dangeros (12c., Modern French dangereux), from danger (see danger).

In Chaucer, it means "hard to please, reluctant to give;" sense of "full of danger, risky" is from late 15c. Other words used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s). Related: Dangerously.

Example Sentences for dangerously

Percy Roden was still in a dangerously exalted frame of mind.

I say, Knowles, am I such a dangerously fascinating character?

"You see what awaits you if you persist in this," he said, in a dangerously quiet voice.

"Mr. Nichols has been shot, Mr. McGuire—he's dangerously hurt," she appealed.

Yet surely such a nature as his should have been dangerously open to disaster.

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More words related to dangerously

desperately

adverb. severely

severely

adverb. harshly

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