towering
adjective
very high or tall; lofty.
toweringly
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a word derived from
towering.
Example Sentences
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“Antigone” features experienced artists — like François Clavier, who makes a toweringly self-satisfied Creon — as well as a chorus of four amateur women who have experienced exile.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
If it isn't, a toweringly difficult task will rapidly become impossible.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2022
He was toweringly diplomatic, brilliantly evasive and, in the end, a little po-faced.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2017
He was toweringly tall and as immoderately bearded as Michele.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016
Lift the issue high enough, and it is true of most things that one man's opinion is as good as another's; and they lifted issues quite toweringly high on the "Novum."
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
