riskier
USRIS-kee-ur/ˈɹɪskiɚ/UKRIS-kee-uh/ˈɹɪskiə/
- 1Comparative of risky.
Putting all your savings into one stock is riskier than spreading the money around.
The mountain trail became far riskier once the storm rolled in.
Note
The y of risky turns to i before the ending, and the ending beats more, as it usually does with two-syllable adjectives in -y: riskier, not more risky. It carries the "dangerous" meaning of risky. Because risky also turns up as a misspelling of risqué, a joke that is more suggestive is better called more risqué; riskier says only that it is more dangerous.
riskier is a form of risky
risky, adjective: Involving the possibility of danger, harm, or loss. Full entry
- Spelling
- risky → riskier: change y to i, add -er
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