— toweringly , adv.
/tow"euhr ing/ , adj.
1. very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
2. surpassing others; very great: a towering figure in American poetry.
3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage.
4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive: towering pride; towering ambitions.
[ 1400-50; late ME; see TOWER 1 , -ING 2 ]
Syn. 1. elevated. See high .
Ant. 1. short.