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How to pronounce “parlous”
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Pronunciation guide for parlous
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of parlous with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- War in Ukraine -- and What It Means for the World Order
that the energy situation will become so parlous
- Definition summary
- Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.
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How to pronounce parlous
War in Ukraine -- and What It Means for the World Order
that the energy situation will become so parlous
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “parlous”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.
- Appalling, dire, terrible.
- (rare or obsolete, also England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.
- [Adverb]
- (archaic) Extremely, very.
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