perilously
in a way or to a degree that is full of grave risk or peril; dangerously: That lighthouse has always been perilously close to the ever-eroding cliffs.
Origin of perilously
1Other words from perilously
- non·per·il·ous·ly, adverb
- un·per·il·ous·ly, adverb
Words Nearby perilously
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How to use perilously in a sentence
That’s perilous, because into every life fall challenges that require actual wisdom and hard-won insight.
Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses | Ron Charles | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostNow, over 10,000 years later, fossilized footprints reveal that possibly perilous journey.
The longest trail of fossilized human footprints hints at a risky Ice Age trek | Aayushi Pratap | October 26, 2020 | Science NewsAlmost overnight, Singapore’s perilous food supply became one of the most visible consequences of an otherwise invisible crisis.
Inside Singapore’s huge bet on vertical farming | Katie McLean | October 13, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewLater analysis showed the president’s condition was far more serious than the public — or even Lincoln — knew, and it hit at a time far more perilous for America than now.
It sits in a shipping channel known as the Seymour Narrows, which has infamously perilous tidal currents.
Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection | PopSci Staff | September 30, 2020 | Popular-Science
How many Benny Hill scenes involved the creepy, portly man zooming about perilously near an unfathomably stacked woman?
Miraculously, no one died that day, though Deborah Cotton came perilously close.
19 of Us Were Shot on Mother’s Day, But New Orleans Dropped the Attempted Murder Charges | Mark Hertsgaard | May 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe think not - especially as William reportedly bowled a 'wild full toss' ball which went perilously close to the royal head.
In the abstract, these harsh truths steer the soul perilously close to selfishness or, worse, Objectivism.
Big Business Bullies Americans into the Machinery of Common Core | James Poulos | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is an everyplace, thoroughly Irish but perilously vulnerable to changes in the prevailing global winds.
He came perilously near to saying impetuously a hundred things he had determined that he must not say.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood"The man knew his place, but you came perilously near making a fool of yourself this morning, my dear," she said.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossDuring these three months there were moments when he felt himself perilously close to the borders of his sanity.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonOpportunities were narrowing down rapidly—the canoe was perilously close, and so many of his bullets went astray.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThe pinkey came up perilously close; then, just barely in time, sheered off so that its boom almost came aboard the Viking.
The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley Smith
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