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precarious
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Oryx and Crake
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- It made him feel light-headed, precariously balanced, as if he were standing on a cliff-edge above a rock-filled gorge, and it would be dangerous for him to look down.†
p. 255.9precariously = in an unsafe or unsure manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(precarious) unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)