dangerously, adv.
(ˈdeɪndʒərəslɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a dangerous manner.
† 1. With reserve; shyly; charily. Obs.
| a 1577 Gascoigne Fable of Ieronimi, I..alwayes dangerouslye behaued my selfe towards him. 1647 Clarendon Hist. Reb. vii. (1703) II. 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.
| c 1540 Four P.P. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 372 To die so dangerously, For her soul-health especially. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turkes (1638) 101 Hee fell dangerously sicke. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxi, One of my servants has been wounded dangerously. 1860 Tyndall Glaciers i. §11. 78 The slope..was most dangerously steep. |
† 3. Venturesomely. (Cf. prec. 3.) Obs. rare.
| 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 293 A Satyr..ought..to strike high, and adventure dangerously at the most eminent vices among the greatest persons. |