menacingly

/mˈɛnəsɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

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Meaning

adv

"Food, more and better, was placed near her - but, dumb and motionless, she lay with her face turned to the wall, and her dog growled menacingly at the stranger."
"Thor glared at him [...] what little light there was in the place mustered its forces briefly to glint menacingly off the horns of his helmet."

Etymology tree English menacing Middle English -ly English -ly English menacingly From menacing + -ly.

more menacingly (comparative) most menacingly (superlative)

threateningly

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How do you pronounce menacingly?

The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛnəsɪŋli/.

What does menacingly mean?

In a menacing manner.

Where does menacingly come from?

Etymology tree English menacing Middle English -ly English -ly English menacingly From menacing + -ly.

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