riskily
Example Sentences
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He expressed concern over Gutierrez’s lack of experience as a 24-year-old armorer and wrote that budget-concerned producers sometimes cut corners by riskily hiring people “who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2021
Meaning those who'd never had Covid-19 could mistakenly think they had immunity, and might then act riskily because of this false sense of security.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2020
He again earned the adoration of spectators, this time for riskily walking his king into the center of the board against one of the most dangerous players in the tournament.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2020
If you got on a plane, and the pilot says, “I’m going to fly pretty riskily today,” you’d get off the plane pretty bloody fast.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2014
With "Eddy's" help the boat was safely, though riskily launched, as my passenger made it very top heavy.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Ernest R. (Ernest Richard) Suffling
