inauspiciously
1
8.9
- adverb
- /ˌɪnəˈspɪʃəsli/
- However, this trip inauspiciously comes at a time when Bogotá is witnessing an unprecedented series of political scandals.
- began inauspiciously
Examples
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He began inauspiciously.
Academic text (1991) -
It begins inauspiciously when he shows up a day late for one of their heavy dates (heavy as in heavily chaperoned).
Academic text (1997) -
In some ways, our need to think seriously about what is good arrives inauspiciously.
Academic text (2003) -
His stay had begun inauspiciously.
Academic text (1999) -
But there it was, inauspiciously tucked away at 21 Barndesteeg Avenue.
Blog text (8) -
Woods began his career inauspiciously, sitting out a season for academic reasons.
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The day started inauspiciously when Parsons's mechanics discovered a crack in his engine block.
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An inauspiciously timed rainy period in Florida in 1990 resulted in a Culex mosquito invasion that led to 223 cases of encephalitis.
Synonyms
5
5.5
In a way that does not succeed
1
2.0
In a way that happens because of bad luck
1
6.8
In an unlucky way, often without success
1
8.0
Without success when someone tries to do something
1
7.9
In a way that fails to reach the goal
In an unlucky way that causes things to go wrong
In a way that does not work or help
Antonyms
How Unpromising
Surface Forms
Morphology
inauspiciously = inauspicious (transparent) = in + auspicious + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'inauspicious' with '-ly' and keeps the same meaning.
Etymology
Inauspiciously comes from in- meaning 'not' and auspicious meaning 'showing a good sign'; long ago people watched birds for signs of good luck, so 'auspicious' came to mean 'lucky'. So, to do something inauspiciously is to do it in a way that looks unlucky or not promising.