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1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 21/1 I have my selfe very luckylye and ominouslye done the same.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xi. §5. 319 His sublime and cœlestiall disposition, was ominously foretold him, in his very name.

1656 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1900) 15 657 That Interest which God hath been pleased soe ominously to owne in our dayes.

1819 J. Anster Times in Poems i. 9 The Boy..Upon whose lip The mother's kiss was ominously prest.

1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iv. sig. h1^v My Blad's as ominously drawne Vnto the death of nine or ten such groomes, As is a knife vnsheath'd..Threatning the ruine of a chine of Beefe.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης i. 8 Which of all those oppressive Acts..did he ever disclaime..till the fatal aw of this Parlament hung ominously over him?

1719 T. Southerne Spartan Dame iii. ii. 33 The sad Tale May ominously represent my Fate In wrong'd Lucretia—I am helpless now, As she was then.

1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives II. xxxiv. 170 This indeed was heaven, Oliver! But a heaven that ominously vanished, at the entrance of Clifton.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 109 The same black column which had frowned on me so ominously from the hearth-rug of Gateshead.

1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde v. 106 The fact..speaks ominously as to the general state of misrule.

1902 J. Conrad Typhoon i. 7 The fall [of the barometer]..was of a nature ominously prophetic.

1945 F. Partridge Diary 21 May (1986) 13 ‘You're in for a shock, I'm afraid,’ he said ominously.

1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) xvii. 93 They smile a little ominously as if they know what is in store for us.