Definition of "parlously" []

• In a parlous way. (adverb)

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• "Either plump to excess or excessively lean; either parlously young or portentously old; — the medium is mawkish. —"
• "Roger -- you are coming parlously close to trashing an entire genre, which I don't think you mean to do."
• "Wonky - Descriptive of an object tottering parlously in place."