dangerously

English

Etymology

From dangerous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dangerously (comparative more dangerously, superlative most dangerously)

1. In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.

   Antonym: safely

   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 43:

     It was found that it took about two years for the lost sting to be dangerously replaced, so that an annual pruning assured that they were in a state of safety where they could provide vast amusement for the children.

   • 2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste - but will it last?”, in The Guardian‎:

     Add in nominations for Django Unchained, The Master and Moonrise Kingdom, and the Academy Awards look dangerously close to being about rewarding the actual best films of the year. Don't tell anyone.

Derived terms

• live dangerously

Translations

in a dangerous manner

Catalan: perillosament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 危險地 / 危险地 (zh) (wéixiǎn de) Dutch: gevaarlijk (nl) Estonian: ohtlikult Finnish: vaarallisesti (fi) French: dangereusement (fr) Galician: perigosamente German: gefährlich (de) Greek: επικινδύνως (el) (epikindýnos), επικίνδυνα (el) (epikíndyna) Hungarian: veszélyesen (hu) Italian: in modo pericoloso, pericolosamente (it) Japanese: 危うく (ja) (ayauku), 危険に (ja) (kiken ni) Norman: dangéreusement Polish: niebezpiecznie (pl) Portuguese: perigosamente (pt) Romanian: în mod periculos, cu pericol Russian: опа́сно (ru) (opásno) Spanish: peligrosamente (es) Swedish: farligt (sv)