危あぶなく

adverb

nearly; almost; on the verge of

Used adverbially to indicate that something almost happened, often with a sense of narrowly avoiding an undesirable outcome. Common with verbs in the potential or past tense.

• 危あぶなく電でん車しゃに乗のり遅おくれるところだった。

  I almost missed the train.

• 危あぶなく事じ故こになるところだった。

  It nearly turned into an accident.