ominously

ominous | American Dictionary

ominous
adjective
us/ˈɑm·ə·nəs/
suggesting something unpleasant will happen:
an ominous silence

ominously

adverbus/ˈɑm·ə·nə·sli/
Clouds had gathered ominously.

Examples of ominous

ominous
The loss of mobility is the worst experience for the ageing body as it is an ominous signifier of helplessness and dependency.
Momentous pedal points and ominous ostinati tell the audience they are about to embark on a vast journey.
Ominous forecasts about our graying population and the next recession.
For that person the ' sunset ' is ominous not beautiful.
The power of informal judicial pressure - together with the ominous threat of imprisonment, suspension, and possible deprivation - should not be underestimated.
These ominous overtones are also present in the conceptualization of the machine as a system in nineteenth-century discourse.
The song concludes with an image of ominous foreboding in light of subsequent events.
The ominous feature which caused concern was the fall in prices, a sudden change from the dominance of buyers to that of sellers.
It was an ominous sign for the future.
They say that information about this revision is embargoed - surely an ominous sign.
Thus, although even mild symptoms could be ominous, the course was not inevitable.
None the less, economic conditions on the island continued to deteriorate, creating new and ominous developments.
However, the rate of increase in the clerical presence may have been ominous.
Such impressions are at times registered in dissonant eruptions and ominous harmonic undercurrents which disturb but do not quite rupture the music's lyrical flow.
The ensuing result of his own ouster was transformed to become ominous and sure.
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