Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a warning manner; so as to warn; by way of notice or admonition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a warning manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
warning manner; in such a way as towarn
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some one called warningly from the opposite bank, whereat they stood still and conferred together.
CHAPTER 3 2010
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"For God's sake, take the count!" one of Joe's seconds cried warningly from the edge of the ring.
Chapter 5 2010
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[Illustration: His jaw closed fast, -- and in the same instant his outstretched hand smashed down upon the wine glass] "Tom!" he called warningly, and he laid his hand on Blake's shoulder.
Out of the Primitive Robert Ames Bennet 1912
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"For God's sake, take the count!" one of Joe's seconds cried warningly from the edge of the ring.
Chapter 5 1905
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"Don't y 'do it," he called warningly, but she did, and boxed his ears soundly while he was getting Marc in hand again.
Prairie Folks Hamlin Garland 1900
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Some one called warningly from the opposite bank, whereat they stood still and conferred together.
A Daughter of the Snows Jack London 1896
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"Haplo," the Hand called warningly, casting a significant look out the porthole.
Into the Labyrinth Hickman, Tracy 1993
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But out on the river the fog yet lay dense; and two boats somewhere in the impenetrable whiteness were calling warningly to each other.
Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins
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It also induces in some a perpetual good-humored irritability wherein one can slap and cuddle a child in the same instant, or shout threateningly or lovingly, call warningly and murmur encouragingly in an astonishing sequence.
Mary, Mary James Stephens 1916
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Wallie, breathless from running, arrived with the axe, which he handed to Mr. Hicks, who called warningly as he swung it:
The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916
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