Precariously
11precariously — See: precarious …
12live precariously — live on the edge of poverty, live hand to mouth …
13precarious — precariously, adv. precariousness, n. /pri kair ee euhs/, adj. 1. dependent on circumstances beyond one s control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood. 2. dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or… …
14caries n — precariously adv …
15pre- pref — precariously adv …
16from hand to mouth — Precariously, as want requires, by a bare subsistence, as chance provides, at haphazard, without any margin, by spending the wages of to day for to day s necessities …
17precarious — [[t]prɪke͟əriəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. Our financial situation had become precarious. ...the Government s precarious… …
18Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… …
19Masefield, John — born June 1, 1878, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Eng. died May 12, 1967, near Abingdon, Berkshire English poet. He went to sea in his youth, then lived precariously for several years in the U.S. before settling in London. He is best known for his poems …
20cling — verb 1 hold tightly ADVERB ▪ closely, firmly, tightly ▪ I clung closely to my mother s arm. ▪ desperately, fiercely, helplessly …
