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English Dictionary: ominously by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ominously
adv
  1. in an ominous manner; "the sun darkened ominously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See {Omen}.]
      Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
      an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
      favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
      foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
      dread.
  
               He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
               In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
               heart was accounted ominous.                  --South.
      -- {Om"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Om"i*nous*ness}, n.
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