"funambulesque" meaning in English

See funambulesque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more funambulesque [comparative], most funambulesque [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} funambulesque (comparative more funambulesque, superlative most funambulesque)
  1. (rare) Like a tightrope walker; delicately balanced, precarious. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-funambulesque-en-adj-g0l0E3r1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 156:",
          "text": "Some aristocrats in Royal Hungary rather agreed with the Transylvanians, but others – a sufficient number – were relieved to be under Habsburg protection and saw Transylvania as semi-orientalized, disloyal and religiously funambulesque.",
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