Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a perilous manner; dangerously; with hazard.
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- adverb In a
perilous manner.
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- adverb in a dangerous manner
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Examples
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In truth, it all comes down to the caliber and vision of company management and leadership — something media and entertainment industries have in perilously short supply.
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She threw Henry a look of dismissive affront, then replied very shortly, gave him her shoulder, and, with an expression perilously close to a truculent pout, all but flounced off to speak with Ambrose and Drusilla Calvin.
The Perfect Lover Laurens, Stephanie 2003
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Even if Ashley does succeed in this ambition, the most optimistic estimates gauge a takeover to be around a month away - in other words perilously close to the closure of the summer transfer window.
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2009
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In Turkey, she’s blindfolded, sworded, scaled, and standing on top of a snake, with her sword perilously close to the serpent’s head.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power: 2009
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Her pronunciation on "perilously" and "gallantly" though ... is Jennifer an ESL student?
Film Experience Blog 2009
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Though his teeth each time clipped together perilously close to the man's leg, each time he fell back to earth he had to gather himself together and run at his own top speed in order to overtake the terror-stricken man on the crazy-galloping horse.
CHAPTER XXXVI 2010
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He sat motionless on the windowsill, his head cocked to the side, with one unwavering eye regarding on the floor, so perilously near, the eternal enemy of all his kind.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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Dressed in minidresses, perilously high heels, and glittery, dangling earrings, their eyes heavily shadowed in black-pearl and jade, they look like a flock of tropical birds.
Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That? Jennifer Moses 2011
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At the next heave a second bullet went zipping past, perilously near.
Charley's Coup 2010
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So violently had she heeled over, that the men in the cabin had been thrown on top of one another into the lee bunk, where they squirmed and twisted and were washed about, those underneath being perilously near to drowning.
White and Yellow 2010
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