forbiddingly

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forbiddingly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Forbidding \For*bid"ding\, a.
     Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion,
     or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a
     forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
  
     Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
          repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- For*bid"ding*ly, adv.
          -- For*bid"ding*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

forbiddingly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  forbiddingly
      adv 1: in an unpleasant or menacing manner; "it was forbiddingly
             dark in the corridor"