单词 | profusely |
释义 | profuselyadv. In abundance, copiously; lavishly; to excess. ΘΚΠ 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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