Adverb
in a dangerous manner
Source: WordNetHe had the illusion, he said, of getting perilously close to the innermost secrets of the universe and finding they were rotten and evil and sardonic. Fritz Leiber
Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon. Irving Babbitt
I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives. Jay Parini
To suggest that the merciful, longsuffering, gracious and loving God of the Bible would invent a dreadful doctrine like Calvinism, which would have us believe it is an act of grace to select only certain people for heaven and, by exclusion, others for hell, comes perilously close to blasphemy. Tim LaHaye
he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge Source: Internet
In my home state of Wisconsin, following an ill-advised court-ordered opening on May 13, social media featured bars perilously packed with revelers. Source: Internet