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parlously adverb formaluk /ˈpɑː.ləs.li/ us /ˈpɑːr.ləs.li/ in a way that is very bad, dangerous, or uncertain: There is little argument that post-war governments have been parlously short of skilled labour. He was now parlously stuck in fourth place on the list. Many Western economies were parlously weak and the financial system still stressed. The local authorities are parlously under-resourced and simply cannot cope with the workload. A string of injuries has left the team parlously placed to face a strong Australian side at the weekend. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Dangers and threats balefully baneful banefully black spot hang hang over something hazard hazardous hazardously non-lethal on/under pain of deathidiom or elseidiom parlous peril someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom tombstoning treacherously triple threat ultra-hazardous venturesome
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