effusiveadjective
uk/ɪˈfjuː.sɪv/us/ɪˈfjuː.sɪv/formalexpressing welcome, approval, or pleasure in a way that shows very strong feeling:
They gave us such an effusive welcome it was quite embarrassing.
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- float sb's boat idiom
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- psyched
- sniff
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effusively
adverb uk/ɪˈfjuː.sɪv.li/us/ɪˈfjuː.sɪv.li/