DANGEROUSLY

perilously, hazardously, dangerously

(adverb) in a dangerous manner; “he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

dangerously (comparative more dangerously, superlative most dangerously)

In a dangerous manner.

Antonym: safely

Source: Wiktionary

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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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