Definition of Threateningly

1. Adverb. In a menacing manner. "The voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly"

Exact synonyms: Menacingly
Partainyms: Menacing, Threatening

Definition of Threateningly

1. Adverb. In a threatening manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Threateningly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threateningly

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threapers
threaping
threapit
threaps
threaric acid
threat
threated
threaten
threatened
threatened species
threatener
threateners
threatening
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threatenings
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threatest
threatful
threatfully
threating
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threats
threatscape
threatscapes
threave
threaves
three
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Literary usage of Threateningly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Flyers of the Hunt by John Mills (1859)
"Mainstay threw back both his ears, and lifted his near hind leg threateningly. "You know you wouldn't do any such thing," resumed Robert Top, ..."

2. Arrian on Coursing: The Cynegeticus of the Younger Xenophon, Translatd from by Arrian (1831)
"VII. mildly, they pay no attention to you;—if threateningly, they keep aloof from fear. For when a greyhound has had his gallop, and has run about, ..."

3. Memoirs of a Swine in the Land of Kulture, Or, how it Felt to be a Prisoner by Ben Muse (1919)
"Quick as a flash he had drawn his bayonet and he struck my arm threateningly with the flat of it. "Go to bed, you swine!" he ordered. ..."

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