Words similar to perilously

Example sentences for: perilously

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"This may just have been a piece of clever marketing, but it comes perilously close to using a financial incentive to influence the election," the editorial said.
from generation to generation" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). A few, like Pearl K. Bell in the Wall Street Journal , find "a surfeit of sweetly obedient docility" in the novel and say parts are "perilously at the edge of sentimentality."
Like other blockbusters, it may suffer from a "perilously thin" plot (Anthony Lane, The New Yorker ), but that's "the least important thing" about the movie ( Newsweek ). Instead, reviewers revel in its deadpan humor, stylish costumes, and comic performances, particularly that of Tommy Lee Jones--"registering levels of cool that would cause most actors to snap in half" (Lane).
This would be great for the country but tough on "News Quiz," already perilously low on favorite targets.
Buchanan finds the most truth in the comparison: Dowd's suggestion is "perilously close to the truth."