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Definition of Portentously
1. Adverb. In a portentous manner. "Portentously, the engines began to roll"
Definition of Portentously
1. Adverb. In an ominous manner. ¹
2. Adverb. In a pompous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portentously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portentously
Literary usage of Portentously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Synopsis of Popery, as it was and as it is by William Hogan (1847)
"... the dark clouds of superstition that now portentously hang over us shall never
be permitted to hide from our view, will soon warm it into maturity, ..."
2. Popery! As it was and as it is: Also, Auricular Confession; and Popish Nunneries by William Hogan (1853)
"... that now portentously hang over us shall oever be permitted to hide from our
view, will soon .varm it into maturity, ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"This is a portentously long introduction to an apology that I desire to make to
the Manes of Professor Paley, assuredly a portentously long introduction for ..."
4. Miscellanies: Literary & Historical by Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery (1921)
"The matter must be settled by a resignation, portentously offered and portentously
withdrawn. It was burning the house down in order to roast the pig. ..."
5. Lord Randolph Churchill by Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery (1906)
"The matter must be settled by a resignation, portentously offered and portentously
withdrawn. It was burning the house down in order to roast the pig. ..."
6. Lord Randolph Churchill by Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery (1906)
"The matter must be settled by a resignation, portentously offered and portentously
withdrawn. It was burning the house down in order to roast the pig. ..."
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