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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