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Definition of Portentously

Portentously
Portentous Por*tent"ous, a. [L. portentosus.] 1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous. For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak. Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor. --Macaulay. 2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size. --Roscommon. -- Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. -- Por*tent"ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Portentously from wikipedia

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- successful Prime Ministers. But Trevelyan admits that, "owing to the portentous character of the electoral catastrophe of 1906 that claim is not always...
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