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dangerously

/ˈdeɪndʒəəsli/DAYN-jur-uh-slee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈdeɪndʒɚəsli/DAYN-jur-uh-slee

Meaningin a dangerous way

Common meaning: in a way that could cause harm

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdangiersource
  2. Middle Englishdaungersource
  3. Englishdanger‘risk of harm’
  4. Englishformed in English from dangerdangerous‘likely to cause harm’
  5. Englishformed in English from dangerousdangerously‘in a way that could cause harm’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from dangerous + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DANGER, p.152 · scan

Source words

  • dangier Old French · source word “power, control”

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