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toweringly
adverb
uk /ˈtaʊə.rɪŋ.li/ us /ˈtaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ.li/
literary
in a way that is very tall, often making people feel respect:
My uncle was a toweringly tall man.
The castle walls rose toweringly out of the mist.
extremely: 极其，非常
He used his toweringly strong personality to dominate meetings.
"In the Court of the Crimson King" is a toweringly brilliant album.
He is so toweringly tall that he has to stoop every time to walk through a doorway.
The film was so toweringly good that I felt like standing up and applauding.
The country's railway system is toweringly disappointing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
High, tall and deep
abysmal
altitude
ankle-deep
bottomless
deep
dwarf
ectomorph
ectomorphic
gawky
higher
lofty
overshadow
rangy
rear
stand
tall
tallish
tallness
tower
tower above/over someone/something
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