precariously

English

Etymology

From precarious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

precariously (comparative more precariously, superlative most precariously)

1. In a precarious manner; dangerously.
   • 2022 February 9, “Network News”, in RAIL, page 27, photo caption:

     A Greater Anglia Class 755 stands precariously close to where ballast has been washed away at Haddiscoe on January 30.

Quotations

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Related terms

• see: precarious

Translations

in a precarious manner

• Catalan: precàriament (ca)
• Czech: prekérně
• French: précairement (fr)
• Georgian: შემთხვევით (šemtxvevit)
• German: unsicher (de), prekär (de)
• Greek: επισφαλώς (el) (episfalós)
• Hungarian: bizonytalanul (hu), kétesen (hu), visszavonhatóan
• Italian: precariamente (it)
• Polish: niepewnie (pl)
• Portuguese: precariamente (pt)
• Russian: ненадёжно (ru) (nenadjóžno)
• Spanish: precariamente