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dangerously adverb 1. seriously, badly, severely, gravely, critically, acutely, grievously He is dangerously ill. 2. perilously, alarmingly, carelessly, precariously, recklessly, daringly, riskily, harmfully, hazardously, unsafely, unsecurely He rushed downstairs dangerously fast. Translations dangerously [ˈdeɪndʒrəslɪ] ADV → peligrosamente, de forma peligrosa he was driving dangerously close to the car in front → conducía tan pegado al coche de delante que era peligroso I came dangerously close to hitting him → faltó muy poco para que le pegara he didn't die, but he came dangerously close to it → no murió, pero estuvo a punto or le faltó poco to drive dangerously → conducir de forma temeraria (Jur) → conducir con imprudencia temeraria dangerously high → peligrosamente alto to be dangerously ill → estar gravemente enfermo to live dangerously (= take risks) → llevar una vida arriesgada, vivir al límite go on, live dangerously, have another glass of wine! (hum) → venga, un día es un día, ¡tómate otra copa de vino! dangerously low → peligrosamente bajo dangerously adv → gefährlich; low, high → bedenklich; drive → rücksichtslos; the deadline is getting dangerously close → der Termin rückt bedenklich nahe; she was dangerously ill → sie war todkrank, sie schwebte in Lebensgefahr; let’s live dangerously for once → lass uns einmal etwas riskieren dangerously [ˈdeɪndʒrəslɪ] adv (gen) → pericolosamente; (wounded) → gravemente dangerously ill → in pericolo di vita, gravemente malato/a dangerously [ˈdeɪndʒrəslɪ] adv (gen) → pericolosamente; (wounded) → gravemente dangerously ill → in pericolo di vita, gravemente malato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Well, my dear," she said, "poor Dinah Brown has just had a letter brought to say that her mother is dangerously ill, and that she must go directly if she wishes to see her alive. The wanton wind had been so busily kissing them all the morning that they were quite dry, so I was able to find room for them in my knapsack without danger to the other contents; and, with a hasty good-day to their recent possessor, I set off at full speed to find a secure nook where I could throw myself down on the grass, and let loose the absurd laughter that was dangerously bottled up within me; but even before I do that it behoves me if possible to vindicate my sanity to the reader. So he rode away, and when he reached his father, the latter was dangerously ill, and near his death. |
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