threateningly
adverb
uk /ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ.li//ˈθret.nɪŋ.li/ us /ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ.li//ˈθret.nɪŋ.li/
in a way that expresses a threat of something unpleasant or violent: 威胁地，恫吓地，恐吓地
The enemy plane came threateningly close.敌机逼近到跟前。
Three men stood threateningly over them.三个男人威胁地站在他们面前。
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threatening
"Why did you lie?" she whispered threateningly.
The troops positioned themselves threateningly outside the town.
He shook his fist threateningly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
balefully
baneful
banefully
black spot
hang
hang over something
hazard
hazardous
hazardously
non-lethal
on/under pain of deathidiom
or elseidiom
parlous
parlously
someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom
tombstoning
treacherously
triple threat
ultra-hazardous
venturesome
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