bulbously

With rounded protrusion

In a bulbous manner—rounded, swollen, or protruding like a bulb.

The adverb typically describes how something curves or swells outward: His nose bulged bulbously from years of drinking, The dome rose bulbously against the skyline.

Rare in formal prose, more common in vivid description.

swollen

puffy

Swollen with air

turgid · inflated · puffed · tumescent · edematous · ballooned · inflamed · swelling · plump · fleshy

rounded

spherical

Globe-like in form

curved · convex · knobby · pear-shaped · teardrop · ovoid · ellipsoidal · rotund · bulging · blobby

anatomical

nose

Olfactory facial organ

fingers · toes · joints · knuckles · veins · thyroid · goiter · adenoid · glands · growths

grotesque

cartoonish

Absurdly exaggerated in style

misshapen · disproportionate · caricatured · clownish · freakishly · monstrously · ridiculously · outlandishly · preposterously · ludicrously

Opposites
shape/form

bulbouslyangularly

In a cornered manner

pointedly · sharply · flatly · narrowly · sleekly

size/volume

bulbouslyminutely

With painstaking attention

compactly · thinly · narrowly · tinily · slenderly

Phrases
Family

bulbous, bulbousness

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G