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单词 profusely
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profuselyadv.

Brit. /prəˈfjuːsli/, U.S. /prəˈfjusli/, /proʊˈfjusli/
Forms: 1500s– profusely, 1600s–1700s profusly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: profuse adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < profuse adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare Middle French, French profusément (1523; now archaic). Compare slightly earlier profusedly adv.
In abundance, copiously; lavishly; to excess.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adverb]
wastefully1513
riotously?1529
prodigally1530
excessively1552
wastingly1552
lavishly1571
lashingly1573
profusedly1584
lavishingly1585
overlavishly1593
profusely1595
profligately1676
dispendiously1874
wasterfully1891
extravagantly1894
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > profusely, luxuriously, or lushly
lushlyc1440
riotously1466
profusedly1584
profusely1595
luxuriously1605
lavishly1841
1595 L. Lewkenor Disc. Vsage Eng. Fugitives sig. G3 How profusely spendeth shee her owne treasure for the maintenance of your wiues.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 22 At this speech Democritus profusely laughed (his friends..weeping in the meane time and lamenting his madnesse).
1697 K. Chetwood Pref. to Pastorals in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *****1 A Meadow, where the Beauties of the Spring are profusely blended together.
1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 9 The Flow'rs of Eloquence profusely pour'd O'er spotted Vice, fill half the letter'd World.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 30 After drinking profusely of some mild liquids.
1829 R. Christison Treat. Poisons (1832) xiii. 369 She..salivated profusely, and even put on the expression of countenance of a salivating person.
1885 Manch. Examiner 9 July 4/7 The shipping in the harbour was profusely decked with flags.
1908 E. F. Benson Climber (1927) 134 It was enough for him..to place in the well-ordered shelves of his mind the volumes of knowledge now profusely illustrated by the memory of the places they had seen.
1964 J. Mitchell White Father viii. 171 Yet they had always welcomed him profusely after previous absences.
2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 104 Apologising profusely he bundled them into his old Peugeot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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