Definition of menacingly in English:
menacingly
adverb ˈmɛnɪsɪŋliˈmɛnəsɪŋli
In a way that suggests the presence of danger; threateningly.
a helicopter hovered menacingly overhead
the two men stood glaring menacingly at each other
Example sentencesExamples
- Sure enough, four knights came through the bushes behind him, all glaring at me menacingly.
- Rising menacingly over the top of a nearby dune was nothing more than a partially furled beach umbrella in its stand.
- Its very existence is kept menacingly vague except when it is called in to reduce dangerously irrational cities to melted glass.
- The signal pulses menacingly, its rhythm quickly mutating.
- There's even a scene where a giant watermelon is menacingly thrust at an innocent bystander.
- With photographers snapping away, the hooded and camouflaged young men waved their guns menacingly at journalists.
- Someone who can act this menacingly makes you realize just how wasted he has been in his many comedy roles.
- She stared up at him menacingly, her face ashen, her eyes narrowed to two black slits.
- The dark purple irises flashed menacingly in the torchlight.
- The huge man had him pinned against the rail, forcing him to arch his back above the unsettled sea, where sharks circled menacingly.
Definition of menacingly in US English:
menacingly
adverbˈmenəsiNGlēˈmɛnəsɪŋli
In a way that suggests the presence of danger; threateningly.
a helicopter hovered menacingly overhead
the two men stood glaring menacingly at each other
Example sentencesExamples
- She stared up at him menacingly, her face ashen, her eyes narrowed to two black slits.
- The huge man had him pinned against the rail, forcing him to arch his back above the unsettled sea, where sharks circled menacingly.
- Someone who can act this menacingly makes you realize just how wasted he has been in his many comedy roles.
- Rising menacingly over the top of a nearby dune was nothing more than a partially furled beach umbrella in its stand.
- There's even a scene where a giant watermelon is menacingly thrust at an innocent bystander.
- Sure enough, four knights came through the bushes behind him, all glaring at me menacingly.
- With photographers snapping away, the hooded and camouflaged young men waved their guns menacingly at journalists.
- The dark purple irises flashed menacingly in the torchlight.
- The signal pulses menacingly, its rhythm quickly mutating.
- Its very existence is kept menacingly vague except when it is called in to reduce dangerously irrational cities to melted glass.