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dangerously en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.
   • 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. 2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste - but will it last?”, in The Guardian:
   • 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. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 43:

Forms

Antonyms

safely

Deriveds

live dangerously

Translations (24)

sv farligt (in a dangerous manner) · nl gevaarlijk (in a dangerous manner) · pt perigosamente (in a dangerous manner) · ja 危険に (in a dangerous manner) · ro cu pericol (in a dangerous manner) · nrf dangéreusement (in a dangerous manner) · ca perillosament (in a dangerous manner) · el επικινδύνως (in a dangerous manner) · fr dangereusement (in a dangerous manner) · gl perigosamente (in a dangerous manner) · el επικίνδυνα (in a dangerous manner) · et ohtlikult (in a dangerous manner) · cmn 危險地 /危险地 (in a dangerous manner) · de gefährlich (in a dangerous manner) · ja 危うく (in a dangerous manner) · it pericolosamente (in a dangerous manner) · it in modo pericoloso (in a dangerous manner) · fi vaarallisesti (in a dangerous manner) · hu veszélyesen (in a dangerous manner) · es peligrosamente (in a dangerous manner) · hu veszedelmesen (in a dangerous manner) · ru опа́сно (in a dangerous manner) · ro în mod periculos (in a dangerous manner) · pl niebezpiecznie (in a dangerous manner)