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INAUSPICIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inauspiciously mean?
• INAUSPICIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb INAUSPICIOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in an inauspicious manner
Familiarity information: INAUSPICIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an inauspicious manner
Synonyms:
inauspiciously; unpropitiously
Context example:
he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th
Antonym:
auspiciously (in an auspicious manner)
Pertainym:
inauspicious (not auspicious; boding ill)
Context examples
It was evident that they did not like the outlook of a voyage under such a captain and begun so inauspiciously.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In one part, carcases of houses, inauspiciously begun and never finished, rotted away.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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