PARLOUS
parlous
Adjective
- Attended with peril; dangerous; risky.
- The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
- Dire, terrible, appalling.
- ''Those manning the facility were in a parlous state.
- Dangerously clever or cunning.
Adverb
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