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Threateningly

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Adverb

1. menacingly, threateningly

in a menacing manner

Example Sentences:
'the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Threateningly

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verb
1. (transitive)
to be a threat to
2. 
to be a menacing indication of (something); portend
dark clouds threatened rain
3. (when tr, may take a clause as object)
to express a threat to (a person or people)

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Threateningly

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verb transitive
1. 
a. 
to make threats against; express one's intention of hurting, punishing, etc.
b. 
to express intention to inflict (punishment, reprisal, etc.)
2. 
a. 
to indicate the likely occurrence of (something dangerous, unpleasant, etc.)
clouds threatening snow
b. 
to be a source of such danger, harm, etc. to
an epidemic that threatens the city
verb intransitive
3. 
to make threats
4. 
to be an indication or source of potential danger, harm, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Threateningly

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v. threat·ened, threat·en·ing, threat·ens
v.tr.
1. To express a threat against or give indications of taking hostile action against: threatened his neighbor with a knife.
2. To be a source of danger to; endanger: Landslides threatened the mountain village.
3. To give signs or warning of; portend: clouds threatening rain.
4. To announce the possibility of (something) in a threat or prediction: workers threatening a walkout; a customer threatening to sue for fraud.
5. To cause (someone) to feel that his or her power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished: felt threatened by his colleague's promotion.
v.intr.
1. To express or use threats.
2. To indicate or be a source of danger or harm: "When World War II threatened, Broadway turned to patriotic extravaganzas" (Deanne Stillman).

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