"threateningly" meaning in English

See threateningly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: more threateningly [comparative], most threateningly [superlative]
Etymology: From threatening + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|threatening|ly}} threatening + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} threateningly (comparative more threateningly, superlative most threateningly)
  1. In a threatening manner. Synonyms: minaciously Translations (In a threatening manner): amenaçadorament (Catalan), uhkaavasti (Finnish), ameazadoramente (Galician), minacciosamente (Italian), arcygroźnie (Polish), ameaçadoramente (Portuguese), amenazadoramente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-threateningly-en-adv-OpiGvpv~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

Download JSON data for threateningly meaning in English (1.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "threatening",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "threatening + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From threatening + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more threateningly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most threateningly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "threateningly (comparative more threateningly, superlative most threateningly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a threatening manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-threateningly-en-adv-OpiGvpv~",
      "links": [
        [
          "threatening",
          "threatening"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "minaciously"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "amenaçadorament"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "uhkaavasti"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "ameazadoramente"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "minacciosamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "arcygroźnie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "ameaçadoramente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "In a threatening manner",
          "word": "amenazadoramente"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "threateningly"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "threatening",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "threatening + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From threatening + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more threateningly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most threateningly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "threateningly (comparative more threateningly, superlative most threateningly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -ly"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a threatening manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "threatening",
          "threatening"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "minaciously"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "amenaçadorament"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "uhkaavasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "ameazadoramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "minacciosamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "arcygroźnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "ameaçadoramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "In a threatening manner",
      "word": "amenazadoramente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "threateningly"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.