1.
If your situation is ~, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment.
Our financial situation had become ~.
...the Government’s ~ position.
= uncertain
? secure
ADJ
~ly
The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives ~ly in remote regions.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj/adv
~ness
Wells was well aware of the ~ness of human life.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
2.
Something that is ~ is not securely held in place and seems likely to fall or collapse at any moment.
They looked rather comical as they crawled up ~ ladders.
ADJ
~ly
One of my grocery bags was still ~ly perched on the car bumper.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj/adv