precariously

English

Etymology

precarious +‎ -ly

Adverb

precariously (comparative more precariously, superlative most precariously)

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:precariously.

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

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