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Webster 1828 Edition
Ominously
OM'INOUSLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
ominously
ominously
English
Adverb
ominously (comparative more ominously, superlative most ominously)
- 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.
- 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone