ominously
/ˈɒmɪnəsli
/adverb
In a way that suggests that something bad is going to happen: thunderclouds loomed ominously overhead the ominously named Shipwreck Bay...
- The sky grows dark in every quarter, most ominously.
- The bass drum from the opening theme song rumbles ominously.
- Another rocket is fired, and the smoke hangs ominously over the square.