dangerously
dangerously adverb: in a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.
Adverb
dangerously (comparative more dangerously, superlative most dangerously)
- In a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.
- 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.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 43
- 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.2013 January 11, Tom Shone, “Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste - but will it last?”, in The Guardian
- Antonyms:
- safely
dangerously meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi
dangerously in Hindi
- खतरनाक रूप से
dangerously in Bengali
- বিপজ্জনকভাবে
dangerously in Malayalam
- അപകടകരമാംവിധം
dangerously in Punjabi
- ਖ਼ਤਰਨਾਕ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਖ਼ਤਰਨਾਕ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ
More languagesFewer languages
- dangerously in Gujarati
- જોખમી રીતે
Examples of dangerously in a sentence
- The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
- Standing next to the blackboard in a dangerously short dress, the physics professor was astonishingly racktacular.
- That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!
Antonyms of dangerously
Forms of dangerously
| comparative | more dangerously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dangerously |
Origin of dangerously
From dangerous + -ly.
Words formed from dangerously
Phrases with dangerously
Questions about dangerously
- What does dangerously mean?
- Dangerously means in a dangerous manner; so as to cause danger.
- What is dangerously in Hindi?
- Dangerously in Hindi is खतरनाक रूप से. See Dangerously meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dangerously?
- Dangerously is an adverb.
Words near dangerously in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dangerously (page history and authors); dangerously (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dangerously (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dangerously (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dangerously (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dangerously (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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