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单词 threateningly
释义

threateninglyadv.

Etymology: < threatening adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthreateningly.
In a threatening manner; menacingly.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adverb]
throlyc1390
threatfully1565
menacingly1591
threateninglya1616
minaciously1660
minatorilya1670
louringly1836
floggingly1840
minatorially1847
sinisterly1847
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 82 The honor sir that flames in your faire eyes, Before I speake too threatningly replies. View more context for this quotation
1819 W. Wordsworth Departing Summer vii Woe! woe to Tyrants! from the lyre Broke threateningly.
1857 W. Collins Dead Secret II. v. iii. 118 The booming of the surf sounding threateningly near in..the fog.

Derivatives

ˈthreateningness n.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > threatening quality
minaciousness1825
threateningness1891
minatoriness1961
1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 239 The suddenness of the action, and the threateningness of it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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