'Forbiddingly' definitions:
Definition of 'forbiddingly'
From: WordNet
adverb
In an unpleasant or menacing manner; "it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor"
Definition of 'Forbiddingly'
From: GCIDE
- Forbidding \For*bid"ding\, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.
- Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {For*bid"ding*ly}, adv. -- {For*bid"ding*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]