dangerously
/ˈdeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)rəsli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)rəsli/
dangerously
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dan - ge - rous - ly -> dangerously
Myanmar meaning
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dangerous /'deÇndʒǝrǝs / adj ~ (for sb/sth)
အန္တရာယ်ရှိ သော။ မလုံခြုံသော။ စိတ်မချရသော။ ကြောက်စရာကောင်းသော။
a dangerous bridge/journey/illness ❍ The river is highly dangerous for swimmers. ❍ a potentially dangerous fall in sb's blood pressure ❍ teenagers experimenting with dangerous drugs.
❏ dangerously adv
ကြောက်ဖွယ်လိလိ။
driving dangerously ❍ dangerously ill (ie so ill that one might die) ❍ Nationalism can be dangerously close to racism.
More examples
- A dangerous dog
- A dangerous stretch of road
- Air pollution has reached dangerous levels in some cities.
- [highly dangerous] : An exciting but highly dangerous sport
- [potentially dangerous] : Children are taught to avoid potentially dangerous situations.
- [dangerous to] : It is not yet known whether these chemicals are dangerous to humans.
- [it is dangerous (for someone) to do something] : It’s dangerous to walk around here on your own at night.
- Mr Ashley is playing a dangerous game, pretending to support both parties.
- [it is dangerous (for someone) to do something] : It is extremely dangerous for you to get involved in this.
- [a dangerous precedent] : The sacking of Mr Nolan could set a dangerous precedent.
Synonyms
unsafe, hazardous, risky, dodgy, treacherous, perilous, precarious, alarming, bad, breakneck, chancy, critical, dangersome, daring, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, grave, grievous, hairy, heavy, hot, impending, impregnable, insecure, jeopardous, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course, on the spot, out on a limb, out on limb, parlous, portentous, pressing, queasy, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny, threatening, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, troubling, ugly, unhealthy, unstable, up a tree, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked
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