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Definition of Forebodingly
1. adv. In a foreboding manner.
Definition of Forebodingly
1. Adverb. in a foreboding manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forebodingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forebodingly
Literary usage of Forebodingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1900)
"However, long trailing kelp from sunken rocks waved forebodingly under her keel,
and the wreck of a great steamship smashed on the beach abreast gave a ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, William Sherwood Fox, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"His nether functions are suggested by a dense mass of hair, which generally falls
forebodingly over his forehead. ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"... and, although the weather was somewhat doubtful with a cloudy sky, and the
air, meteorologically speaking, forebodingly mild (3° Fahr, above zero), ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Goethe received the news with outward calmness, but said forebodingly, " Now it
is all over," and went to mourn and labor at the castle of Dorn burg, ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"Their black faces grow blacker with rage — they whisper together, and growl and
cough most forebodingly. The Prize amende his opinion touching the cigars. ..."
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