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ominously
(encz) | ominously, adv: |
Ominously
(gcide) | Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
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He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
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In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
[1913 Webster] -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness,
n.
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ominously
(wn) | ominously
adv 1: in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously" |
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Ominously
(gcide) | Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
[1913 Webster]
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
[1913 Webster] -- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness,
n.
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