threateningly

1. 1.

   in a menacing manner

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

   Synonymsmenacingly

Questions about threateningly

What does threateningly mean?

threateningly means "in a menacing manner".

How many syllables are in threateningly?

threateningly has 4 syllables: threat-e-nin-gly. The stress falls on "threat". In IPA it is /ˈθɹɛtənɪŋli/.

What is another word for threateningly?

Close synonyms include menacingly. 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 threateningly a common word?

threateningly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.