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precarious
(encz) | precarious,nejistý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precarious
(encz) | precarious,prekérní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precarious
(encz) | precarious,vratký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Precarious
(gcide) | Precarious \Pre*ca"ri*ous\, a. [L. precarius obtained by begging
or prayer, depending on request or on the will of another,
fr. precari to pray, beg. See Pray.]
1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by
courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of
another; as, precarious privileges. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or
events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on
for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious
state of health; precarious fortunes. "Intervals of
partial and precarious liberty." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Uncertain; unsettled; unsteady; doubtful; dubious;
equivocal.
Usage: Precarious, Uncertain. Precarious in stronger than
uncertain. Derived originally from the Latin precari,
it first signified "granted to entreaty," and, hence,
"wholly dependent on the will of another." Thus it
came to express the highest species of uncertainty,
and is applied to such things as depend wholly on
future casualties.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Pre*ca"ri*ous*ness, n.
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precarious
(wn) | precarious
adj 1: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
[syn: precarious, unstable]
2: 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" [syn:
parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go]
3: not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn:
precarious, shaky] |
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precarious
(encz) | precarious,nejistý adj: Zdeněk Brožprecarious,prekérní adj: Zdeněk Brožprecarious,vratký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precariously
(encz) | precariously,prekérně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
precariousness
(encz) | precariousness,ošidnost n: Zdeněk Brožprecariousness,prekérnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Precariously
(gcide) | Precarious \Pre*ca"ri*ous\, a. [L. precarius obtained by begging
or prayer, depending on request or on the will of another,
fr. precari to pray, beg. See Pray.]
1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by
courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of
another; as, precarious privileges. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or
events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on
for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious
state of health; precarious fortunes. "Intervals of
partial and precarious liberty." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Uncertain; unsettled; unsteady; doubtful; dubious;
equivocal.
Usage: Precarious, Uncertain. Precarious in stronger than
uncertain. Derived originally from the Latin precari,
it first signified "granted to entreaty," and, hence,
"wholly dependent on the will of another." Thus it
came to express the highest species of uncertainty,
and is applied to such things as depend wholly on
future casualties.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Pre*ca"ri*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Precariousness
(gcide) | Precarious \Pre*ca"ri*ous\, a. [L. precarius obtained by begging
or prayer, depending on request or on the will of another,
fr. precari to pray, beg. See Pray.]
1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by
courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of
another; as, precarious privileges. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or
events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on
for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious
state of health; precarious fortunes. "Intervals of
partial and precarious liberty." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Uncertain; unsettled; unsteady; doubtful; dubious;
equivocal.
Usage: Precarious, Uncertain. Precarious in stronger than
uncertain. Derived originally from the Latin precari,
it first signified "granted to entreaty," and, hence,
"wholly dependent on the will of another." Thus it
came to express the highest species of uncertainty,
and is applied to such things as depend wholly on
future casualties.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Pre*ca"ri*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Unprecarious
(gcide) | Unprecarious \Unprecarious\
See precarious. |
precarious
(wn) | precarious
adj 1: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"
[syn: precarious, unstable]
2: 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" [syn:
parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go]
3: not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn:
precarious, shaky] |
precariously
(wn) | precariously
adv 1: in a precarious manner; "being a precariously dominant
minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope
with" |
precariousness
(wn) | precariousness
n 1: extreme dangerousness
2: being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the
uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his
income" [syn: uncertainty, uncertainness,
precariousness] [ant: certainty, foregone conclusion,
sure thing] |
PRECARIOUS RIGHT
(bouvier) | PRECARIOUS RIGHT. The right which the owner of a thing transfers to another,
to enjoy the same until it shall please the owner to revoke it.
2. If there is a time fixed during which the right may be used it is
then vested for that time, and cannot be revoked until after its expiration.
Wolff, Inst. Sec. 833.
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