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Smotheringly

Smotheringly \Smoth"er*ing*ly\, adv. In a smothering manner.

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smotheringly

adv. In a smothering manner; oppressively.

Usage examples of "smotheringly".

The furor combined with the low ceiling to make the quarters feel smotheringly close.

Came a gasp, and a check: the cloak, unerringly thrown, descended smotheringly over the wounded man’s head, and there was at once a tangle of cloth and hot oaths.

Why, Qwilleran asked himself, are cats either smotheringly attentive or infuriatingly indifferent?

As the steel was withdrawn he did open his mouth to call on his own, but a rug from the brychan was flung over his head, and a broad hand clamped it smotheringly into his open mouth.

Irene screamed again and clung smotheringly to Dor as their bodies turned weightless.