Loweringly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a lowering manner; menacingly; with cloudiness or gloom. dated

    "Ahab stood apart; and every time the tetering ship loweringly pitched down her bowsprit, he turned to eye the bright sun’s rays[…]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a menacing or scowling way wordnet

Synonyms

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grimly

Example

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"Ahab stood apart; and every time the tetering ship loweringly pitched down her bowsprit, he turned to eye the bright sun’s rays[…]"

Etymology

From lowering + -ly.

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