threateningly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

threateningly
    adv 1: in a menacing manner; "the voice at the other end of the
           line dropped menacingly" [syn: {menacingly},
           {threateningly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Threatening \Threat"en*ing\,
   a. & n. from {Threaten}, v. -- {Threat"en*ing*ly}, adv.
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   {Threatening letters} (Law), letters containing threats,
      especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
      other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
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