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单词 perilously
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Definition of perilously in English:

perilously

adverb ˈpɛrɪləsliˈpɛrələsli
  • In a way that is full of danger or risk.

    houses perched perilously on craggy outposts
    as submodifier many came perilously close to starvation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Small, three-dimensional figures are poised perilously at the end of long, frail wires.
    • Issue 16 has Promethea perilously sink to the bottom of a literal ocean of emotion.
    • His love affair with the 'perilously bewitching' actress began in 1912.
    • The first movement begins sotto voce, with the cello's fragile harmonics, perilously high on the A string.
    • Vienna's aesthetic sense seems in perilously low supply these days.
    • On some occasions, he came perilously close to this extremity, shunning his female groupies in truly humiliating ways.
    • A full-scale paper bookcase leaned perilously away from the gallery's far wall, mirrored on panels of Plexiglas that rested on the floor.
    • For a long second she hovers, perilously.
    • He is perilously adrift from the way others are starting to perceive him.
    • Hip hop is perilously low on fresh subject matter.

Definition of perilously in US English:

perilously

adverbˈperələslēˈpɛrələsli
  • In a way that is full of danger or risk.

    houses perched perilously on craggy outposts
    as submodifier many came perilously close to starvation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His love affair with the 'perilously bewitching' actress began in 1912.
    • Hip hop is perilously low on fresh subject matter.
    • For a long second she hovers, perilously.
    • Small, three-dimensional figures are poised perilously at the end of long, frail wires.
    • Vienna's aesthetic sense seems in perilously low supply these days.
    • Issue 16 has Promethea perilously sink to the bottom of a literal ocean of emotion.
    • On some occasions, he came perilously close to this extremity, shunning his female groupies in truly humiliating ways.
    • A full-scale paper bookcase leaned perilously away from the gallery's far wall, mirrored on panels of Plexiglas that rested on the floor.
    • He is perilously adrift from the way others are starting to perceive him.
    • The first movement begins sotto voce, with the cello's fragile harmonics, perilously high on the A string.
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