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Webster 1828 Edition


Ominously

OM'INOUSLY

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adv.
With good or bad omens.

Definition 2024


ominously

ominously

English

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.
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