Both Uses of
treacherous
in
The Hobbit
- There it is: dwarves are not heroes, but calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not, but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.†
Chpt 12 *
- Still elves are light-footed, and though they were not in these days much used to the marches and the treacherous lands between the Forest and the Lake, their going was swift.
Chpt 14 *treacherous = dangerous
Definitions:
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(treacherous as in: the road is steep and treacherous) dangerous -- often in a non-obvious way
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(treacherous as in: a scheming, treacherous assistant) guilty of betrayal or deception or likely to betray or deceive