dangerously

1. 1.

   in a dangerous manner

   “he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge”

   Synonymsperilouslyhazardously

Questions about dangerously

What does dangerously mean?

dangerously means "in a dangerous manner".

How many syllables are in dangerously?

dangerously has 4 syllables: dan-ge-rou-sly. The stress falls on "dan". In IPA it is /ˈdeɪndʒɚəsli/.

What is another word for dangerously?

Close synonyms include perilously, hazardously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dangerously a common word?

dangerously is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.