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What does perilously mean?

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Adverb
  1. In a perilous manner.
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The house lager was, again, delicious, just a bit on the malty side, and perilously drinkable.
The little steer lowed to its Ma, its feet again getting perilously close to the edge.
Issue 16 has Promethea perilously sink to the bottom of a literal ocean of emotion.
There are more trusters than doubters, but the gap is perilously close for such a high-risk war plan.
He was perilously close to being lbw first ball to Kasprowicz and Lee's appeal shortly after was even closer.
I am actually perilously close to missing the deadline for submission of this article.

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