Both Uses of
precarious
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- Me: I feel kinda precarious in general, and I can't really date you.†
p. 162.2 *precarious = unsafe or unsure
- The rest of the art was cool, too—big abstract paintings of hard-edged geometric shapes, an assemblage of old wooden chairs precariously stacked to the ceiling, a huge photograph of a kid jumping on a trampoline alone in a vast harvested cornfield—but Mychal's was my favorite, and not just because I knew him.†
p. 261.6precariously = in an unsafe or unsure manner
Definition:
unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling