Meaning & use
parlous
Full of danger or uncertainty; precarious, especially describing a difficult situation.
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The company's parlous financial state left its future genuinely in doubt.
Historians describe the kingdom's parlous condition in the years before the war.
A note on using this word
Parlous is a literary or slightly archaic word, now used mostly for dramatic or formal effect.
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