Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dangerously: with peril.

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  • adverb Dangerously; with peril.

Etymologies

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From Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe ("dangerously"), from plihtlīċ ("dangerous, perilous"), equivalent to plight +‎ -ly.

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