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portentously
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Portentously
(gcide) | Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
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For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
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Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
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2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
[1913 Webster] -- Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. --
Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
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portentously
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adv 1: in a portentous manner; "portentously, the engines began
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Portentously
(gcide) | Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
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For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
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Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
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2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
[1913 Webster] -- Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. --
Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
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