Ominously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See {Omen}.]
     Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
     an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
     favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
     foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
     dread.


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           He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
                                                    --Bacon.
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           In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
           heart was accounted ominous.             --South.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Om"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Om"i*nous*ness},
     n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ominously
       adv : in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously"