smolderingly

With suppressed heat

In a smoldering manner—with suppressed intensity, especially of emotion or desire.

The word usually describes looks or gazes that convey restrained passion: He stared smolderingly across the room.

It appears most often in romance writing and descriptions of cinematic brooding.

passion

seductively

In an alluring manner

sultrily · desirously · ardently · sensuously · temptingly · lustfully · enticingly · beckoning · invitingly · captivating

anger

resentfully

With bitter indignation

glowering · festering · seething · suppressed · grudgingly · darkly · menacingly · silently · vengefully · hostilely

gaze

eyes

Organs of sight

watching · regard · intensity · piercing · burning · locked · fixed · unwavering · penetrating · lingering

Opposites
intensity of combustion/fire

smolderinglyblazingly

With extreme intensity

flamingly · explosively · incandescently · inertly · coldly

emotional expression style

smolderinglyexplosively

With violent sudden force

overtly · demonstratively · effusively · volcanically · eruptively

presence of passion/intensity

smolderinglycoldly

Without emotional warmth

icily · frigidly · indifferently · openly · overtly

Family

smoldering

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