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threateningly Synonyms & Antonyms

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Threateningly as an Adverb

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In a threatening manner.

He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?

Threateningly in a Sentence

He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?

Word Forms & Grammar

threateningly (comparative more threateningly, superlative most threateningly)

Origin of Threateningly

From threatening + -ly.

Threateningly: Key Facts

Part of speechadverb
MeaningIn a threatening manner
Comparative / superlativemore threateningly, most threateningly