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Definition
unsafe or in danger of getting worse — especially in danger of falling
- There isn't a moment when my head doesn't pound, and breakfast—dry toast with marmalade—sits precariously on the sea of my stomach.Chapter 14 (2% in)
- The boat tips precariously.Chapter 20 (83% in)
- It's such a precarious balance, it's a wonder we do it at all.Chapter 38 (80% in)
There are no more uses of "precarious" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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