precariously
adverb
pre·car·i·ous·ly
pri-ˈker-ē-əs-lē 
: in a precarious manner
These birds suspend their nests precariously among fine twigs …—
Michael Hansell
Michael Hansell… the privilege of a tiny, precariously poised minority.—Derek Bickerton
Derek BickertonWaiters in white shirts and black vests roamed, trays balanced precariously but with utmost precision.—Noah Charney
Noah Charney… it's now balancing precariously on the brink of extinction and has become the first-ever bumblebee to be declared endangered in the US.—Laura Dennison
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The scientists say the most likely culprit behind the mysterious pulsing is a white dwarf—a dense stellar remnant about the size of the Earth—that’s teetering precariously close to the black hole.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
America is so precariously, unharmoniously big—and our varied histories of expansion and migration so freighted, vexed, and mythologized—that the road-trip drama, as travelers from the Joad family to Sal Paradise to John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga make manifest, is our quintessential form.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
But this craving for visibility was precariously perched atop fears for his own sanity.
—Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
One of its doors is precariously hanging onto the concrete wall by its lower hinge, the other forced off its fixings entirely in the most significant fatal crush at the stadium.
—Adam Leventhal, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
America is so precariously, unharmoniously big—and our varied histories of expansion and migration so freighted, vexed, and mythologized—that the road-trip drama, as travelers from the Joad family to Sal Paradise to John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga make manifest, is our quintessential form.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
But this craving for visibility was precariously perched atop fears for his own sanity.
—Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
One of its doors is precariously hanging onto the concrete wall by its lower hinge, the other forced off its fixings entirely in the most significant fatal crush at the stadium.
—Adam Leventhal, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Precariously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/precariously. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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