portentously
In weighty manner
Portentously describes doing something in a way that suggests great significance or ominous importance.
Someone speaking portentously adopts a grave, weighty tone—often excessively so: He cleared his throat and portentously announced his decision.
The word frequently carries a whiff of pomposity, implying the gravity may be overwrought or self-important.
In a threatening way
- darklyIn sinister manner
- threateninglyIn a menacing way
- grimlyIn a bleak manner
- direlyIn urgent, serious manner
balefully · sinisterly · eerily · hauntingly · prophetically · fatefully · inauspiciously · warningly
In pretentiously magnificent fashion
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- ostentatiouslyIn a showy manner
- self-importantlyWith exaggerated sense of significance
haughtily · imperiously · arrogantly · overbearingly · superciliously · pontifically · grandiloquently · loftily
In a stagey manner
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- histrionicallyWith excessive dramatic flair
- stagilyIn theatrical manner
- showilyIn flamboyant manner
flamboyantly · extravagantly · exaggeratedly · over-the-top · hammily · affectedly · performatively · campily
menacingly
In a threatening way
- darklyIn sinister manner
- threateninglyIn a menacing way
- grimlyIn a bleak manner
direly · balefully · sinisterly · eerily · hauntingly · prophetically · fatefully · inauspiciously · warningly · gloomily
grandiosely
In pretentiously magnificent fashion
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- ostentatiouslyIn a showy manner
self-importantly · haughtily · imperiously · arrogantly · overbearingly · superciliously · pontifically · grandiloquently · loftily · lordly
theatrically
In a stagey manner
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- histrionicallyWith excessive dramatic flair
- stagilyIn theatrical manner
showily · flamboyantly · extravagantly · exaggeratedly · over-the-top · hammily · affectedly · performatively · campily · floridly
portentouslycasually
In an informal way
lightly · offhandedly · trivially · nonchalantly · inconsequentially
portentouslymodestly
In humble manner
humbly · unpretentiously · simply · plainly · unassumingly
portentouslylightheartedly
In carefree fashion
playfully · cheerfully · merrily · jovially · jauntily