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riskily

riskily adverb: in a risky or rather perilous manner.

Adverb

riskily (comparative more riskily, superlative most riskily)

  1. In a risky or rather perilous manner.
    • [T]he birds hopped round the door (which, somewhat riskily, they ventured to keep open); [...]1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter VI, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, pages 90–91
    • They played till the sun went down, in pure amusement, careless and timeless. Then, as the little sledge twirled riskily to rest at the bottom of the slope: [...]1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XXX, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC, page 522

Synonyms of riskily

Forms of riskily

comparativemore riskily
superlativemost riskily

Origin of riskily

From risky + -ly.

Questions about riskily

What does riskily mean?
Riskily means in a risky or rather perilous manner.
What part of speech is riskily?
Riskily is an adverb.

Words near riskily in the dictionary

  1. riskfree
  2. riskful
  3. riskfulness
  4. riskier
  5. riskiest
  6. riskily
  7. riskiness
  8. riskinesses
  9. risking
  10. risking it for the biscuit
  11. risking it to get the biscuit

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