inauspiciously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Wearing the Wizard’s green top hat and suit and with his microphone dropping out inauspiciously, Dolan never introduced himself, but he did compliment the other creators of the event, who also wore costumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
She began, inauspiciously enough, with a double-fault, before holding with the help of three aces.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
He arrived inauspiciously in 1973 with two albums released 10 months apart.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022
Milford, Utah—The day started inauspiciously for John McLennan, as he tried to break the curse haunting a 45-year quest to coax abundant energy from deep within Earth.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 13, 2022
Thus inauspiciously commenced, there was no reason why the Bristol lectures of 1814 should be more successful than the London Institution lectures of 1808; nor were they, it appears, in fact.
From English Men of Letters: Coleridge by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
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