riskily

English

Etymology

risky +‎ -ly

Adverb

riskily (comparative more riskily, superlative most riskily)

In a risky or rather perilous manner.
- 1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower, ch 20,
  The birds hopped round the door (which, somewhat riskily, they ventured to keep open).
- 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, ch. 30,
  The little sledge twirled riskily to rest at the bottom of the slope.

Synonyms

hazardously

References

“riskily” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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