AUSPICIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auspiciously mean? 

• AUSPICIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb AUSPICIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in an auspicious manner

  Familiarity information: AUSPICIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSPICIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an auspicious manner

Synonyms:

auspiciously; propitiously

Context example:

he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday

Antonym:

inauspiciously (in an inauspicious manner)

Pertainym:

auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)

 Context examples 

Hither, on the first morning of my so auspiciously beginning life on my own account, the oldest of the regular boys was summoned to show me my business.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But the day did not close so auspiciously as it began.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The day began auspiciously.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

What I felt, in returning so auspiciously to the old familiar places, I shall not endeavour to describe.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)