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depending on request or on the will of another, fr. precari to pray, 1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges. Addison. 2. Held

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depending on request or on the will of another, fr. precari to pray, 1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges. Addison. 2. Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes. "Intervals of partial and precarious liberty." Macaulay. Syn. -- Uncertain; unsettled; unsteady; doubtful; dubious; equivocal. -- Precarious, Uncertain. Precarious in stronger than uncertain. Derived originally from the Latin precari, it first signified "granted to entreaty," and, hence, "wholly dependent on the will of another." Thus it came to express the highest species of uncertainty, and is applied to such things as depend wholly on future casualties. -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pre*ca"ri*ous*ness, n.

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  • ACCURATENESS
    The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
  • DUBIOUSNESS
    State of being dubious.
  • EXACTOR
    One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
  • EXACTING
    Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
  • CRITICALLY
    1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
  • EXACTLY
    In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
  • EXACTION
    1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
  • ACCURATE
    1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge,
  • ACCURATELY
    In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
  • DISCRIMINATENESS
    The state of being discriminated; distinctness.
  • TICKLISH
    1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon. 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected;
  • IMPORTANTLY
    In an important manner.
  • MOMENTOUS
    Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- Mo*men"tous*ly, adv. -- Mo*men"tous*ness, n.
  • DISCRIMINATOR
    One who discriminates.
  • DUBIOUSLY
    In a dubious manner.
  • DISCRIMINATE
    Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon. (more info) divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr.
  • EXACT
    drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps
  • FASTIDIOUS
    Difficult to please; delicate to fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. Young. Syn. -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. --
  • EXACTRESS
    A woman who is an exactor. B. Jonson.
  • DISCRIMINATELY
    In a discriminating manner; distinctly.
  • HYPERCRITICALLY
    In a hypercritical manner.
  • INEXACTLY
    In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
  • INEXACT
    Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
  • INACCURATE
    Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd. Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect;
  • ACRITICAL
    Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.
  • INACCURATELY
    In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
  • IMMOMENTOUS
    Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant. A. Seward.
  • INDELICATE
    Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse;

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