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单词 menacingly
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menacinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈmɛnᵻsɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈmɛnəsɪŋli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: menacing adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < menacing adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a menacing manner; threateningly.
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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
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 84 Setting vpon Verginius menacingly they besought him, sometime to take the Empire himselfe, sometime to be their spokesman to Cæcina and Valens.
1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii. 45 With awful Grace superior Godfrey smiled, And thus rejoin'd more menacingly mild.
1815 C. Lloyd tr. V. Alfieri Virginia iv. ii, in Trag. III. 221 Unelated Do I behold the people crowd around me, And in my favour menacingly shout.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 179 The English fortress of Edinburgh looked menacingly across the Forth.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xx. 331 The bearded man stepped forward menacingly.
1987 S. Johnson Commissioner ii. 34 The world's finest collections of Chinese ceremonial swords, some of which were hung menacingly along the walls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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