adverb
minanter
minanter (not comparable)
Classical[mɪˈnan.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[miˈnan.ter]
Meaning
- not comparablethreateningly (in a threatening manner)
multaque summissē, multa minanter agat.
and let him do many things submissively, and many things threateningly.2 CE, Ovidius, Ars Amatoria 3.582dūrē, minanter et protervē respondit, dīcēns quod[…]
he answered harshly, threateningly, and insolently, saying that […]1261, Flores historiarum II.466 (quoted in DMLBS)
mĭnanter, adv., v. 1. minor
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
minanter adv.
1 minor, threateningly : multa agat, O.
Origins
From mināns (“threatening”) + -ter.