portentously

• Adverbe signifiant « d'une manière qui suggère que quelque chose d'important, de sinistre ou de significatif va se produire ». Il a souvent une connotation dramatique ou solennelle, décrivant des actions ou des déclarations qui sont pompeusement graves ou menaçantes.

An adverb meaning "in a way that suggests something important, ominous, or significant is about to happen." It often carries a dramatic or solemn tone, describing actions or statements that are self-importantly serious or foreboding.

1. In a manner suggesting something significant or ominousC1formal

   In a way that seems to indicate something important, often bad, is going to happen.

   de manière menaçante ou solennelle

   • The clouds gathered portentously over the mountain.
   • He spoke portentously about the future of the company.
   • The music swelled portentously as the villain appeared.

   Synonymesfatefullymenacinglyominouslythreateningly

   Antonymesinconsequentiallyinsignificantlytrivially