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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: portentously (0.00779 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to portentously.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: portentously
portentously
adv : in a portentous manner;
“portentously, the engines began to
roll”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Portentously
Portentous
\Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
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For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
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Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
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2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
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Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. --
Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
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