threateningly

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threateningly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Threatening \Threat"en*ing\,
     a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats,
        especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
        other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
        [1913 Webster]

threateningly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  threateningly
      adv 1: in a menacing manner; "the voice at the other end of the
             line dropped menacingly" [syn: menacingly,
             threateningly]