riskinessn.

1839 F. J. Grund Aristocracy in Amer. I. i. iv. 181 The very paragon of prudence,—a man who in ‘riskiness’ would be outdone by the veriest Yankee shopkeeper.

1883 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 8 400 Considering the special riskiness of the particular matter the underwriters..do not choose to be liable.

1933 Geogr. Jrnl. 82 255 He caught us up as we rode along the Jaber valley in the dark that evening, and was so horrified at the riskiness of the proceeding that I realized how one can only wander at night in Luristan without a police escort.

1987 D. F. Wallace Broom of Syst. 170 In making their own sense of self and rightness-with-themselves-as-people depend on things outside them, the family members were letting themselves in for riskiness and trouble.

2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 96 Owners and creditors are interested in debt management ratios because the ratios indicate the riskiness of the firm's position.

1877 Argus (Melbourne) 5 Dec. 6/1 Mr. Albery..has so far brought it [sc. a play] to the level of English requirements that we have it now with its original humour, but freed from its accompanying riskiness.

1888 Times 24 Jan. 9/6 In Offenbach's operettas it would be difficult to match for high flavour and riskiness some of the incidents of this play. Fortunately French actors have a way of toning down the boldness of French authors, and at least every suspicion of coarseness is avoided.

1938 H. Granville-Barker Quality 5 What rule would he [sc. Gilbert Murray] make for distinguishing a play written to exploit the mere riskiness of a subject and such a one as Ibsen's Ghosts.