dangerously
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3.2
- adverb
- /ˈdeɪndʒərəsli/
:
peligrosamente
- Your blood alcohol level is dangerously high.
- dangerously close
- live dangerously
- dangerously high
It's like bordering really like just dangerously close to concealer lips territory.
- It's like bordering really like just dangerously close to concealer lips territory.
- We wish the ear had not a heart so dangerously near.
- It was shameful that they voted through this flawed, dangerously untidy, sloppy legislation.
- And I was like, just don't dress dangerously, you know?
- So have you ever wondered if driving too quickly and dangerously could be a red flag for narcissism?
- But unlike TV shows would have you think, people with ARS aren't dangerously radioactive.
- And so he runs across the highway dangerously.
- So I think the pendulum has swung dangerously.
- Action and decision are just as scarce these days as is the fun of swimming dangerously for those who swim in shallow water.
- You said something about living dangerously, and I want to be clear on just that one thing.
- So do I want the steady with a with a ceiling or do I want to, yeah, a little more dangerously, but have this not have the ceiling on me?
Examples
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My heart rate is dangerously high right now.
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The mind was like the body; it had limits, and Troi was dangerously close to reaching those limits.
Fiction book (1992) -
I think we're getting dangerously close to time to start trying stuff.
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But, in fact, the water level was becoming dangerously low.
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The two men hit the ground together, dangerously close to the outer edge of the path.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dairy farmers Dave and Cindy Young have delivered dozens of calves, but today, they're dangerously close to losing one.
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Lili'uokalani's ministers are said to fear that the Hawaiian monarchy is dangerously close to being overthrown.
Academic text (1992) -
The workers were dangerously close to the edge of the cliff.
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The driver was dangerously speeding through the crowded streets.
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The storm brought dangerously high winds that downed power lines.
Synonyms
30
4.6
In a way that shows no care about danger or the results
11
7.1
In a dangerous way that could cause harm
1
4.3
In a way that causes damage or hurts others
1
2.8
In a way that could cause harm
In a dangerous way that can cause harm
In a dangerous way that may cause harm or loss
In a way that causes harm to someone or something
Antonyms
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dangerously comes from the word danger, which once meant being in someone's power and is from the same root as dominate and domain, meaning 'lord' or 'master'. So, to do something dangerously is to do it in a way that could cause harm.