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(satellite adjective) affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" |
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Synonyms: unstable |
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| 2. |
(satellite adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" |
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Synonyms: shaky |
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(satellite adjective) dangerously insecure; "a precarious footing on the ladder" |
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(satellite adjective) fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery" |
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Synonyms: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go |
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