swellingly
In expanding, rising fashion
In a manner that swells or increases in volume, intensity, or emotion.
The word is rare and literary, describing something that rises or expands gradually: The music built swellingly toward its climax.
It suggests movement outward or upward, like a wave gathering force.
Increasing by degrees
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- deepeningBecoming more profound
boosting · increasing · enhancing · magnifying · augmenting · building · mounting · crescendoing
Swollen, expanded state
- distendingSwelling from internal pressure
- dilatingIncreasing in diameter
- enlargingIncreasing the size of
- wideningIncreasing in extent
stretching · growing · ballooning · burgeoning · thickening · broadening · billowing · puffing
With showy self-importance
- grandioselyIn pretentiously magnificent fashion
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
- floridlyWith excessive ornamentation
- loftilyIn superior fashion
majestically · pretentiously · sonorously · grandiloquently · ostentatiously · theatrically · effusively · fulsomely
escalating
Increasing by degrees
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
deepening · boosting · increasing · enhancing · magnifying · augmenting · building · mounting · crescendoing · surging
bloating
Swollen, expanded state
- distendingSwelling from internal pressure
- dilatingIncreasing in diameter
- enlargingIncreasing the size of
widening · stretching · growing · ballooning · burgeoning · thickening · broadening · billowing · puffing · engorging
pompously
With showy self-importance
- grandioselyIn pretentiously magnificent fashion
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
- floridlyWith excessive ornamentation
loftily · majestically · pretentiously · sonorously · grandiloquently · ostentatiously · theatrically · effusively · fulsomely · eloquently
- brain swellingFluid accumulation in cranium
- throat swellingEnlarged tissue in neck
- severe swellingIntense tissue fluid accumulation
- redness and swellingTissue's distress signals
- joint swellingInflammation at body hinges
- knee swellingFluid accumulation in leg joint