ominously

English

Etymology

ominous +‎ -ly

Adverb

ominously (comparative more ominously, superlative most ominously)

1. 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.

Translations

in an ominous manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不详地, 不吉利地

• Finnish: pahaenteisesti, enteellisesti (fi)
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• Romanian: amenințător (ro), sinistru (ro)
• Russian: злове́ще (ru) (zlovéšče)