parlous
adjective
parlously
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a word derived from
parlous.
Example Sentences
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These acts of lethal self-preservation prove conclusively that he knows who he is and that he fully realizes that his acts are parlously illegal.
From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin
You are so parlously in love with learning, That I'de be glad to know what you understand, brother.
From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by John Fletcher
Faith, Master Sad, he's parlously in the right.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
She was directly opposite the Sheridan Building then, waiting for the traffic to thin before she crossed, though other people were risking the passage, darting and halting and dodging parlously.
From The Turmoil, a novel by Booth Tarkington
"Thou didst fright me parlously, and my coz likewise."
From Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
