smolderingly

English

Alternative forms

• smoulderingly

Etymology

smoldering +‎ -ly

Adverb

smolderingly (comparative more smolderingly, superlative most smolderingly)

1. With repressed anger or passion.
   • 2007 August 26, Gerald Howard, “Mailer Gets Hammered”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.