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# threateningly

«threateningly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Threateningly means in a way that warns of harm or punishment if someone does not obey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the tone of a speaker who warns a character to stop or be hurt; a voice that sounds dangerous

### examples

- "I shall be sick, you know," Mr. Darling said threateningly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#x1)
- "Put back that pistol first," it said threateningly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#x2)
- He spoke very threateningly to the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «threateningly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threateningly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.