precariously

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English

Etymology

From precarious +‎ -ly.

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precariously (comparative more precariously, superlative most precariously)

  1. In a precarious manner; dangerously.
    • 2022 February 9, “Network News”, in RAIL, page 27, photo caption:
      A Greater Anglia Class 755 stands precariously close to where ballast has been washed away at Haddiscoe on January 30.

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