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dangerously

adverbattested in dialogue

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In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.

    It was found that it took about two years for the lost sting to be dangerously replaced, so that an annual pruning assured that they were in a state of safety where they could provide vast amusement for the children.

    Add in nominations for Django Unchained, The Master and Moonrise Kingdom, and the Academy Awards look dangerously close to being about rewarding the actual best films of the year. Don't tell anyone.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dangerous Middle English -ly English -ly English dangerously From dangerous + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more dangerously
superlative
most dangerously
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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