riskily

Example Sentences

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If they do order a clamp down, will the Houthis obey—or will they go with their own interests, however riskily calculated?

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024

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

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

I said," he replied mendaciously, "that you have behaved foolishly and riskily, and with no dignity whatever.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein