Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suffocatingly; so as to suppress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a smothering manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
smothering manner;oppressively .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the steel was withdrawn he did open his mouth to call on his own, but a rug from the brychan was flung over his head, and a broad hand clamped it smotheringly into his open mouth.
His Disposition 2010
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If you quail at the thought of such cold comfort, then "The Cocktail Party" will likely strike you as smotheringly preachy.
I've Been to a Marvelous 'Party' Terry Teachout 2010
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If you quail at the thought of such cold comfort, then "The Cocktail Party" will likely strike you as smotheringly preachy.
I've Been to a Marvelous 'Party' Terry Teachout 2010
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If you quail at the thought of such cold comfort, then "The Cocktail Party" will likely strike you as smotheringly preachy.
I've Been to a Marvelous 'Party' Terry Teachout 2010
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Like Mr. McDonagh's "The Lieutenant of Inishmore," which scored a similar success when the Atlantic produced it in 2006, "The Cripple of Inishmaan" is a snarlingly black comedy whose subject is stage-Irishness, the smotheringly quaint charm that continues to be used, in Ireland and elsewhere, to paper over the harsh realities of village life.
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This was a clever tango, combining Argentine -- her ochos (stylized forward criss-cross steps) over his outstretched leg - with classical standard tango, but done in a humorous way that riffed on standard with the cartoonish Pepe le Peu-esque smotheringly cheek to cheek promenade runs and the ending slapstick dip which started out sexy until he "dropped" her, she rolling off his knee.
Tonya Plank: Dancing With the Stars Reaches a New High By Showcasing Alvin Ailey 2008
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The big events are in the background, smotheringly powerful.
Film Structure 2004
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The big events are in the background, smotheringly powerful.
Archive 2004-01-01 2004
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The day before had started with midsummer Louisiana predictability, so smotheringly hot that the spongy air seemed to push down on Suzette as she hurried to the cookhouse after church.
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On the contrary, she focused completely, almost smotheringly, on Ruth.
Enchantment Card, Orson Scott 1999
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