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Definition of Forbiddingly
1. Adverb. In an unpleasant or menacing manner. "It was forbiddingly dark in the corridor"
Definition of Forbiddingly
1. Adverb. in a forbidding manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forbiddingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbiddingly
Literary usage of Forbiddingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland Yesterday and Today by Hugh Sutherland (1909)
"At the edge of one of these great bogs we came upon a small section of firm land,
parts of it forbiddingly sown with rocks and other parts as forbiddingly ..."
2. Chivalry by James Branch Cabell (1909)
"The Queen had presently noted a certain priest who went forbiddingly about her
court, where he was accorded a provisional courtesy, and more forbiddingly ..."
3. What Shall We Read to the Children? by Percival Nicholson, Frank Rattray Lillie, Clara Whitehill Hunt (1915)
"But Number Three is printed on poorer paper than Number Two (and will therefore
wear out faster), its type is rather forbiddingly fine, and there are no ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"It seems to me clear that available wall diagrams of this kind would not only
enliven the work of the teacher of a forbiddingly difficult subject, ..."
5. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"For my part, however, I do not believe it, for I see a forbiddingly large fraction
removed from the human nature which we psychologists crave to understand, ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"The rural, who had begun to stiffen forbiddingly, again unbent; indeed while
discussing a leg of chicken he played an excellent second fiddle to Carmela's ..."
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