precariously

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   in a precarious manner

   “being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with”

Questions about precariously

What does precariously mean?

precariously means "in a precarious manner".

How many syllables are in precariously?

precariously has 5 syllables: pre-car-i-ou-sly. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈkɛɹiəsli/.

Is precariously a common word?

precariously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with precariously?

1 word rhymes with precariously. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.