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threateningly

[ US /ˈθɹɛtənɪŋɫi, ˈθɹɛtnɪŋɫi/ ]
[ UK /θɹˈɛtənɪŋli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a menacing manner
    the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly

How To Use threateningly In A Sentence

  • A partridge, indeed, with a brood of ten behind her, ran forward threateningly, but soon repented of her fierceness, and clucked to her young ones not to be afraid.
  • He turned swiftly, favoring his injured leg, lifting the longsword threateningly -- then relaxed, grinning. Conan
  • The bright red stool that sat closest to the register and the threateningly sharp check spike was the least used.
  • Stop laughing!" he warned her, waving his sword threateningly ... or at least in a manner that he imagined was threatening. Darkness of the Light
  • He moved from side to side threateningly, like a maniac in a horror movie and I froze in complete panic.
  • Wentworth had a threateningly dark and oppressive atmosphere whereas I can honestly say I've been in scarier factory canteens than the one at Larkhall.
  • He held the knife threateningly in his left hand, and drew his black ruby sword in his right.
  • The herd's massive matriarch advanced towards me with her ears spread threateningly.
  • This ain't no affair of yours, boy!" McClosky said threateningly.
  • She would have stooped to retrieve her knives had he not waved his own at her threateningly.
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