dangerouslyadv.
/ˈdeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /ˈdeɪndʒ(ə)rəsli/ In a dangerous manner.† 1. With reserve; shyly; charily. Obsolete.† 3. Venturesomely. (Cf. dangerous adj. 3.) Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]
unwillc893
uneathc900
unthankc960
latelyOE
against a person's willa1225
loatha1340
grutchingly1340
at one's unthanksa1400
wandsomely?a1400
at (or again) one's unwillesc1400
uneathsa1425
unwilfully1435
invitec1450
tarrowinglyc1480
scantly1509
nicely1530
tarryingly1530
unwillingly?1531
loathly1547
faintly1548
evil-willingly1549
grudgingly1549
difficultly1551
loathsomely1561
dangerously1573
ill-willing1579
backwardlya1586
costively1598
with an ill will1601
with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614
sadly1622
tenderlya1628
reluctantly1646
shyly1701
uncheerfully1754
à contre-coeur1803
shrinkingly1817
retractatively1851
begrudgingly1853
forcibly1867
loathfully1887
tharfly1894
1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 263 I..alwayes daungerously behaued my selfe towardes him.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 304 He was so sottishly, and dangerously wary of his own Security..that he would not proceed.
2. In a way involving danger or risk; perilously.
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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
?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. D.ii To dy so daungerously For her soule helth especyally.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 101 He fell dangerously sicke.
1767 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield (ed. 2) II. xii. 186 One of my servants has been wounded dangerously.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 78 The slope..was most dangerously steep.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > [adverb]
adventurouslyc1330
adventurelya1500
venturouslyc1515
dangerously1642
venturesomely1727
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 33 A Satyr..ought..to strike high, and adventure dangerously at the most eminent vices among the greatest persons.
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