perilously Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
Weak:
- sickening
- destructive
- lethal
- evil
- chance
- random
- injurious
- pernicious
- wicked
- fatal
- killer
- fell
- murderous
- adverse
- hurtful
- bad
- malignant
- noxious
- uncertain
- ugly
- baneful
- haphazard
- ill
- deadly
- nasty
- deleterious
- distressing
- dicey
- unpleasant
- inimical
- insecure
- ultrahazardous
- detrimental
- dire
- harmful
- jeopardizing
- fateful
- mortal
Meaning of perilously
perilously (r)
in a dangerous manner
perilously Sentence Examples
- The climbers scaled the perilously steep cliff, their every move fraught with danger.
- The ship's hull creaked perilously as it navigated the stormy seas.
- The building's foundation was perilously fractured, threatening its imminent collapse.
- She balanced perilously on the edge of the precipice, her heart pounding with fear.
- The surgery was perilously complex, with the slightest error potentially having fatal consequences.
- The plane's engine sputtered perilously, forcing an emergency landing.
- The politician's words were perilously inflammatory, inciting violence among his followers.
- The economy hung perilously in the balance, poised on the brink of recession.
- The river raged perilously high, flooding its banks and endangering nearby homes.
- The hiker lost his bearings in the dense fog, leaving him perilously lost and disoriented.
FAQs About the word perilously
in a dangerous manner
risky, hazardous, serious,dangerous, menacing, treacherous,precarious, unsafe, parlous, unhealthy
good, good, safe, beneficial, nonhazardous, innocuous, nonthreatening, innocent, beneficial, advantageous
The climbers scaled the perilously steep cliff, their every move fraught with danger.
The ship's hull creaked perilously as it navigated the stormy seas.
The building's foundation was perilously fractured, threatening its imminent collapse.
She balanced perilously on the edge of the precipice, her heart pounding with fear.
