parlous
About 0.10 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.
The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
- adjective Appalling, dire, terrible.
in a parlous state
- adjective Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.
- adverb Extremely, very.
Similar words
dangerous perilous precarious unsafe touch-and-go difficult critical regrettable dismal deplorable
Often followed by
state condition times financial situation economic position and plight
Word family
parlously
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