Synonyms:
perilously, hazardously, dangerously
Meaning: in a dangerous manner; "he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge"
Usage examples
Dangerously near snobbery
The tall soldier turned and, lurching dangerously, went on.
"I don't care," answered Lloyd, her eyes flashing dangerously.
"She arrived in safety at a town about twenty leagues from the cottage of De Lacey, when her attendant fell dangerously ill.
But as hour after hour passed without improvement, it was impossible not to realise that the poor beast was dangerously ill.
Two hours later she had a telegram from her lover's college chum, saying that Mr. Claxton was dangerously ill with typhoid fever.
He told me that the envelope contained the details of the escape, and that if he died or was taken dangerously ill, I was to save Mitya alone.
But not before it had torn and bitten him more dangerously than he knew; for the dusk hid the wounds, and excitement kept him from feeling them at first.
She dreaded a repetition of the severe look he had flung at her at parting, especially when he knew that the baby was not dangerously ill. But still she was glad she had written to him.
Both sides had now, seemingly, had enough of fighting, and hostilities soon after entirely ceased, the savages marching back and leaving the whites masters of the field. Several of the trappers were slightly, but none dangerously, wounded. The Indians had paid dearly, in numbers killed, for their rascality. Finding the coast clear, Carson and his men set out and soon rejoined their comrades on the Arkansas River.