Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Portentous (-ly)
portentous (-ly), adv. [see portentous.]
- Ominously; disturbingly; frighteningly; dreadfully; chillingly; in a terrifying manner.
- Suspensefully; in a manner causing pleasurable tension; in a way calculated to arouse intense curiosity.
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