Meanings
comparative more smolderingly · superlative most smolderingly · alternative smoulderingly
- With repressed anger or passion.
1 more example
The huge cast and crew included scene makers, hipsters, hangers-on, socialites, amphetamine-thin actress/models, black militants, the publisher Barney Rosset, the boxing champ Jose Torres, the Warhol superstar Ultra Violet, Mailer’s wife at the time — Beverly Bentley — two of his ex-wives, and a sprinkling of professional actors, including Hervé Villechaize and, most crucially, a smolderingly intense Rip Torn.
2007 August 26, Gerald Howard, “Mailer Gets Hammered”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith barely repressed anger
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Origin
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smolderingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smolderingly
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