English

Adverb

riskily ‎(comparative more riskily, superlative most riskily)

1. 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, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.