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# dangerously

«dangerously» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that could cause harm or injury** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (dangerously, more dangerously)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dangerously means in a way that could cause harm or injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#m1)

2) Dangerously close or near means so close that something bad could easily happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons and stories, driving dangerously, playing dangerously or standing dangerously close to the edge warns the reader of risk. In science and weather, temperatures can be dangerously high. Phrases: dangerously close, dangerously high, drive dangerously, dangerously ill.

### examples

- He rode his bike dangerously close to the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x1)
- The river was dangerously high after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x2)
- The driver was stopped for driving dangerously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x3)
- The cliff path is dangerously steep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x4)
- She was dangerously ill but got better in hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x5)
- Don't lean dangerously out of the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x6)
- The tower of blocks wobbled dangerously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x7)
- He was worse next day, and by the morning of the third day was dangerously ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/#x8)

### note

An adverb: it tells how. Adjective: dangerous; noun: danger. Spelling: danger + ous + ly.

### In the corpora

- [Some people are dangerously allergic to stings and need help fast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/13/)
- [A parked car can become dangerously hot in minutes, so children and pets must never be left inside one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/46-sun-safety/18/)
- [Getting wet and cold when lost outdoors can lead to hypothermia, when the body gets dangerously cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/19/)
- [Pets depend on you completely for food and water; a small animal without water can become dangerously ill within a day or two.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/28/)
- [Shivering hard, pale skin, slurred speech and being very sleepy can be signs a person is getting dangerously cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/50-heat-sun-and-cold-on-sports-day/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dangerously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dangerously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.