He came dangerously close to falling off the ledge. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a dangerous criminal. From Dictionary.com.
They ` re mentally ill, or they ` re what we call dangerously anti-social. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2006] Reference
I think he used the phrase dangerously corrupt to describe Bill Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Are Bush's Speeches Analyzed More Than His Proposals?; Is the Media Allied Against Bush's Tax Cut?; Can the President Get Attention Amidst Clinton Scandals? - March 3, 2001] Reference
Poultry thawed at room temperature may contain dangerously high levels of bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday Hazards] Reference
In the twenty-first century water will be in dangerously short supply in such diverse locales as Saudi Arabia, Central. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Anarchy] Reference
I never intentionally broke meter, but I did intentionally phrase dangerously close to it. From Wordnik.com. [Willie]
But your patriotism recalls dangerously the restaurant Magyar, the fiddler in the frogged coat. From Wordnik.com. [Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers] Reference
Instead, her agent drove carefully through the traffic, which Billie would have called dangerously dense. From Wordnik.com. [The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix] Reference
It seems as if most of the "dangerously" and many of the. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
The committee said Mr Brown had acted 'dangerously' by assuming they were the same. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the one eyed Scottish idiots "Cool Britannia" or Soviet Britain.] Reference
Now this is the kind of dangerously high-wire concept that could easily have turned into an embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Grail In The Unholy City] Reference
In Surrey, the A3, M25, A22, A217 and A31 are "dangerously" affected by blizzards. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
Hammersmith and Fulham fail to make the grade with eight "dangerously" below standard. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
With wind chill factored in, the temperatures were "dangerously" cold, hitting 25 to 30. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Equality Bill 'dangerously' trying to force religious belief behind closed doors, bishops warn. From Wordnik.com. [Thinking Anglicans] Reference
Level 3 Orange - river use is restricted subject to an extraordinary event, such as dangerously fast flows. From Wordnik.com. [KWCH - KWCH.com RSS] Reference
Without knowing what the road and visibility conditions were like, it's difficult to know if he was driving "dangerously". From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Student nurses lack maths skill NURSING students have "dangerously" low levels of mathematical ability, research has found. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
"dangerously" close to making a worthwhile or even artistic statement. From Wordnik.com. [High-Def Digest: HD DVD Disc News] Reference
"dangerously" obese are on waiting lists for weight loss surgery in Scotland, while a further. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Barbara sits in, knitting dangerously a la Madame Defarge. From Wordnik.com. [Were The Bushes Just 'The Help'?] Reference
But these mutual interests could be dangerously shortsighted. From Wordnik.com. [Bottom Dollar] Reference
Nobody will stay in the kitchen with me, I live so dangerously. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Many buyers are leaving their policies dangerously underfunded. From Wordnik.com. [A Gamble On Life] Reference
The world economy has depended dangerously on the United States for growth. From Wordnik.com. [SHARING THE WEALTH] Reference
The regime's own post-Mao "bargain" with its people is already dangerously frayed. From Wordnik.com. [Apocalypse When] Reference
Bill Clinton may have averted disaster, but American Airlines is flying dangerously low. From Wordnik.com. [Turbulence Still Ahead] Reference
It's sort of pathetic, really, when your idea of living dangerously is how high your flames are. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
But Gerardi said such a move was dangerously premature, and his own death may have proved him right. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Of A Bishop] Reference
It appeared that Wahid had dangerously miscalculated, unleashing forces he will not be able to control. From Wordnik.com. [The Promise Of Trouble] Reference
Once, in 1967, I talked to Nixon about drinking because I thought he was dangerously susceptible to liquor. From Wordnik.com. [Nixon, Stone--And Me] Reference
Some of the gains this time have been twice that, and thus dangerously - excessive — or so the thinking goes. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Good to Be a Pig] Reference
(Saying certain traditional prayers for the dead was viewed as a dangerously Catholic pastime by Queen Elizabeth.). From Wordnik.com. [Today’s Man] Reference
Avalanche experts have often warned that Galtor is dangerously exposed, and called for the construction of snow barriers. From Wordnik.com. [Death In The Alps] Reference
Even if a common policy makes practical sense, ceding authority to Brussels could look dangerously like weakness to voters. From Wordnik.com. [View From Europe's 'Tijuana'] Reference
Economists have warned for decades that Russia's system of company towns was dangerously vulnerable to market fluctuations. From Wordnik.com. [Fear Comes to the Russian Heartland] Reference
This idea strikes many serious people as naive and grandiose at best, dangerously imperious and counter-productive at worst. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why the Race is Looking so Good for Bush] Reference
But nuclear power generation has long since entered late-middle age, when pipes, vats and controls may wear down dangerously. From Wordnik.com. [Can It Happen Here?] Reference
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