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Parlous vs Perlious - What's the difference?

parlous | perlious |

parlous

English

Adjective

(en 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.
  • (obsolete) Dangerously clever or cunning.
  • Derived terms

    * parlously

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) Very, extremely.
  • Anagrams

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