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por·ten·tous·ly, adverb
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Portentous
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- As an explanation for such a portentous mystery, this has to be too mundane.
- The conspiracy theory assigns portentous, sinister meanings to what are most likely innocuous, insignificant events.
- If in fact we are alone, it means that we're not only the heirs to the cosmos, but its guardians; which is a portentous thought.
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