parlous

The movie examines the experiences of four Mexican journalists to illustrate the parlous state of the press in Mexico, where at least 165 journalists have been killed or gone missing since 1992.

The comments come as the public spending think tank, the IFS, warned that the "parlous" state of the UK's finances would "hang over the campaign like a dark cloud".

"We would like the first minister to realise the dire and parlous state that policing finds itself in and to lead the effort to secure adequate resources and meaningful recruitment."

Libraries need all the protection they can get in these parlous times.

Thanks to courts, prosecutors and, yes, the voters, the last year saw many of the worst actors in our parlous politics indicted, convicted or ejected from the spotlight.