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Definition of Dangerously
1. Adverb. In a dangerous manner. "He came dangerously close to falling off the ledge"
Definition of Dangerously
1. Adverb. In a dangerous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dangerously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dangerously
Literary usage of Dangerously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War by William James (1818)
"... not dangerously ; captain Goldrick, and lieutenants Weyland and Boyd, ...
not dangerously ; brigade-major Clark, dangerously ; brigade- major Den. n is, ..."
2. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"... she betook herself again to intercede to Thee for me, and departed, she to
her wonted habits, I to Rome. CHAPTER IX. He lies dangerously ill of a ..."
3. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"dangerously SICK. Even millionaires needed no horses, in those days, for a mere
nine-mile jaunt without baggage. As I "raised the hill" overlooking the town ..."
4. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"ABOUT Candlemas in this year, 1461, the duke of Burgundy was taken so dangerously
ill in the city of Brussels, that the physicians despaired of his life ..."
5. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"The lady Grace Pierpoint lies dangerously ill at her house at Isleworth. ...
lady lies dangerously ill. The countesse of Stafford is on the mending hand. ..."
6. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"Poor Frederick had been dangerously ill, soon after his arrival, and his parents
for a time, only overflowed with gratitude for Thomson's kindness to him ..."
7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"I am sorry to add, that we have lost two valuable seamen killed, four dangerously
wounded, and nine slightly. The sails and rigging much cut. ..."
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