ominously
English
Etymology
ominous + -ly
Adverb
ominously (comparative more ominously, superlative most ominously)
- in an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
- 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
- From first to last he was ominously polite, and ominously silent.
- 1983, Patricia Hagan, Golden Roses
- His nostrils flared ominously and his fists opened and closed at his sides.
- 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Accident and Rescue in the Nanda Devi Sanctuary”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 70:
- However, the next day dawned ominously with an overcast sky and we postponed our start till 8 o'clock.
- 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
Translations
in an ominous manner
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