In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DANGEROUSLY
perilously, hazardously, dangerously
(adverb) in a dangerous manner; “he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
dangerously (comparative more dangerously, superlative most dangerously)
In a dangerous manner.
Antonym: safely
Source: Wiktionary
DANGEROUS
Dan"ger*ous, a. Etym: [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]
1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay.
2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. Milton.
3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] Forby. Bartlett.
4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer.
5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous." Chaucer.
– Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv.
– Dan"ger*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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