in·aus·pi·cious

(ĭn′ô-spĭsh′əs)

adj.

Not favorable; not auspicious.

in′aus·pi′cious·ly adv.

in′aus·pi′cious·ness n.

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Adv.

inauspiciously - in an inauspicious manner; "he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th"

unpropitiously

auspiciously, propitiously - in an auspicious manner; "he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday"

Translations

inauspiciously

[ˌɪnɔːsˈpɪʃəslɪ] ADV → de modo poco propicio, en condiciones desfavorables

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

inauspiciously

adv → Unheil verheißend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

inauspiciously

[ˌɪnɔːsˈpɪʃəslɪ] adv → in modo poco propizio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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She was in tears, and, strange as it was, in spite of the emotions he felt at the sight of these tears, he looked also at Madame de Villefort, and it appeared to him as if a slight gloomy smile had passed over her thin lips, like a meteor seen passing inauspiciously between two clouds in a stormy sky.

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In one part, carcases of houses, inauspiciously begun and never finished, rotted away.

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It was evident that they did not like the outlook of a voyage under such a captain and begun so inauspiciously. From time to time they stole glances at Wolf Larsen, and I could see that they were apprehensive of the man.

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'So delighted,' said Mrs Merdle, 'to resume an acquaintance so inauspiciously begun at Martigny.'

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