'parlous' in n+1 Issue 2: Happiness | Bookmarker

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(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

Diana laughs to herself at her ineffectuality and at the parlous state of the world

—p.199 Diana Abbott: A Lesson (186) by Benjamin Kunkel

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