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portentously

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12 lettersPronunciation /pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛn.təs.li/Part of speech adverbSorted elnooprsttuyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. in a portentous manner

Word origin

From portentous + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • The cold light of the moon touched every face with unnatural paleness; and the silence was unbroken and portentously profound.
  • At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door.
  • Shirky ends the story of the lost Sidekick by asking, portentously, “What happens next?”—no doubt imagining future waves of digital protesters.

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