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# threateningly

adverb

«threateningly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Threateningly means in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does not obey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#m1)

### In the lessons

the tone of a speaker who warns a character to stop or be hurt; a voice that sounds dangerous

### Examples

- "I shall be sick, you know," Mr. Darling said threateningly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#x1)
- "Put back that pistol first," it said threateningly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#x2)
- He spoke very threateningly to the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «threateningly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«threateningly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/threateningly.html) on Mova free.