Both Uses of
precarious
in
The Da Vinci Code
- For academics, the Templars' history was a precarious world where fact, lore, and misinformation had become so intertwined that extracting a pristine truth was almost impossible.†
Chpt 37-38 *
- Langdon shouted, raising his arm and suspending the cryptex precariously over the hard stone floor.†
Chpt 101-102
Definition:
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(precarious) unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling