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smolderingly en · ADV

Etymology

From smoldering + -ly.

Meanings

1. With repressed anger or passion.
   • 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:

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