† dangerfuladj.
Obsolete.
Full of danger, dangerous.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective]
plightlyOE
wothea1300
perilousc1300
wickeda1375
plightfula1400
dreadfulc1400
parlous?a1425
shrewd1482
danger1488
dangerous1490
periculous1533
dangerful1548
dangersome1567
craggy1582
perilsome1593
endangering1601
unsafe1621
imperilous1645
ugly1654
warm1726
neck-break1756
wanchancy1768
uncanny1785
unchancy1786
nasty1828
unhealthy1915
windy1919
1548 [see dangerfully adv. at Derivatives].
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 54 Much eating is also dangerful for this humour.
1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman viii. 67 The Atlantick or Westerne Ocean is most rough and dangerfull.
a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation ii. 172 As Lion, Scorpion, Bear, and Bull, And other things less dangerful.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adverb]
perilously1340
wothely?a1400
parlouslyc1425
jeopardouslya1513
dangerously?1544
dangerfully1548
dangerousa1616
badly1673
poisonously1746
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xi. f. 107 Certain Jewes..whose solles ye spirite of Satan did more daungierfully possesse.
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