menacingly

1. 1.

   in a menacing manner

   “the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly”

   Synonymsthreateningly

Questions about menacingly

What does menacingly mean?

menacingly means "in a menacing manner".

How many syllables are in menacingly?

menacingly has 4 syllables: men-a-cin-gly. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˈmɛnəsɪŋli/.

What is another word for menacingly?

Close synonyms include threateningly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is menacingly a common word?

menacingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.