adv
Meaning 1
In an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ominously
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒmɪnəsli/
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General-American: /ˈɑmənəsli/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 M AH0 N AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an ominous manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sun darkened ominously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ominous Middle English -ly English -ly English ominously From ominous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: hwdzax — in an ominous manner
- Catalan: ominosament — in an ominous manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 不详地 — in an ominous manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 不吉利地 — in an ominous manner
- Finnish: pahaenteisesti — in an ominous manner
- Finnish: enteellisesti — in an ominous manner
- Macedonian: злокобно (zlokobno) — in an ominous manner
- Macedonian: зловесно (zlovesno) — in an ominous manner
- Romanian: amenințător — in an ominous manner
- Romanian: sinistru — in an ominous manner
- Russian: злове́ще (zlovéšče) — in an ominous manner