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Definition of Threateningly
1. Adverb. In a menacing manner. "The voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly"
Definition of Threateningly
1. Adverb. In a threatening manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Threateningly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threateningly
Literary usage of Threateningly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flyers of the Hunt by John Mills (1859)
"Mainstay threw back both his ears, and lifted his near hind leg threateningly.
"You know you wouldn't do any such thing," resumed Robert Top, ..."
2. Arrian on Coursing: The Cynegeticus of the Younger Xenophon, Translatd from by Arrian (1831)
"VII. mildly, they pay no attention to you;—if threateningly, they keep aloof from
fear. For when a greyhound has had his gallop, and has run about, ..."
3. Memoirs of a Swine in the Land of Kulture, Or, how it Felt to be a Prisoner by Ben Muse (1919)
"Quick as a flash he had drawn his bayonet and he struck my arm threateningly with
the flat of it. "Go to bed, you swine!" he ordered. ..."
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