Meaning of risksome | Babel Free

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Synonym of risky.

Examples

“The police are efficient, and the garrote not an institution, else it would be a risksome venture to mount⟳ these silent, dark stairways, with no other guide⟳ than the balusters and the recollection of the landing stages passed.”

““[…] I feel⟳ I'm getting an old man now; and my business is very risksome, when the waves are high, and the wind blows hard, and only a cockleshell of a boat between me and eternity; so we're right to lay⟳ something by for you, in case ill should come⟳ to me.””

“We don't charge this class with a guilty intention of evading the law or the regulation of the mine, but with undue impatience in their hurry⟳ to get⟳ through with their work⟳, jumping at risksome advantages that too often prove⟳ fatal in the end⟳.”

“Upon leaving headquarters Peter joined his friends. "It's a risksome business," he went on, after informing them of the instructions he had received. "But I don't know⟳ as it is much more risksome than stopping here. […]"”

“It was still the heroic age of commerce, and the marches of these merchants-in-arms, escorting their packages to the fairs of Europe, had a military and risksome look⟳, which we no longer deem in keeping with matter⟳ of such peaceful kind.”

“[…] inasmuch as the European-managed banks or the old class of moneylenders were generally averse to advance money to Swadeshi concerns except on the most approved securities or risksome conditions, he set⟳ himself, shortly after his return⟳ from England, to his promotion of his scheme to Indian banks.”

“Charles said, "You shall have⟳ ships. The Seigneur de Gruthuyse shall arrange⟳ it." But he was thoughtful. Was it possible for Edward to succeed⟳? Was the venture too risksome? […]”

“At the first jump⟳ he went over the hill, then he said to himself, “This is too risksome; that man is dangerous.””

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