Word: swellingly
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...possibly hear quite a bit of comment on this coming week's issue of TIME; partly because TIME'S cover is right on the nose of the Russian situation and partly because TIME has so much swell Russian stuff in its World War and Foreign News sections...
...which, slightly overdone, approximates baby talk. Thus John Fante (A Nun No More): "My mother cried and cried night and day. They couldn't stop her. . . . Finally Grandma Toscana called the priest. . . . Right away she felt better. Next day she was better than ever. Next day she was swell. Pretty soon she was able to get out of bed. Then she moved around more...
...says her only "must" for an escort is a sense of humor. She stated with evident satisfaction that she had never been out with a Yale man; as the positive phase of a wise social policy, she has dated a Harvard man, Frank Appleton '39: "We had a swell time," she said. "But I wouldn't go to one of those Lampoon parties for anything ," she concluded. The CRIMSON reporter congratulated her on her good judgment...
...Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain (We're all mighty proud of you. You look swell holding your umbrella. All the world loves a wonderful feller . . .). (This song is now out of print...
...famous silken tone ... his justly remunerated mastery of the musical marshmallow, were like so many cushions of damask and down to the musical ear.... It was admirable and fine and swell and O.K. and occasionally very, very beautiful. The guy can fiddle. . . . Four-starred superluxury hotels are a legitimate commerce. The fact remains, however, that there is about their machine-tooled finish and empty elegance something more than just a trifle vulgar...