dangerous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DANGEROUS, adjective 1. Perilous; hazardous; exposing to loss; unsafe; full of risk; as a dangerous voyage; a dangerous experiment. 2. Creating danger; causing risk of evil; as a dangerous man; a dangerous conspiracy. DANGEROUSLY, adverb With danger; with risk of evil; with exposure to injury or ruin; hazardously; perilously; as, to be dangerously sick; dangerously situated.
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