balefully

adv

balefully

adv

Etymology From Middle English balfulli; equivalent to baleful + -ly.

1

In a baleful, ominous manner.

The toad stared balefully at his reflection and puffed himself up to show that he wasn't really frightened.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 22:

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