• Ominously

    Full definition of ominously

    Adverb

    ominously

    1. in an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding
      • 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone‎From first to last he was ominously polite, and ominously silent.
      • 1983, Patricia Hagan, Golden RosesHis nostrils flared ominously and his fists opened and closed at his sides.
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