SMOULDERINGLY

smolderingly, smoulderingly

(adverb) with barely repressed anger; “‘I can’t wait,’ she answered smolderingly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

smoulderingly (comparative more smoulderingly, superlative most smoulderingly)

Alternative form of smolderingly

Source: Wiktionary


SMOULDERING

Smol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, a.

Definition: Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead. Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze. Tennyson.

SMOULDER

Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] Etym: [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]

1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.

2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. t.

Definition: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.

Smol"der, Smoul"der, n.

Definition: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.

Smoul"der, v. i.

Definition: See Smolder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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