EFFUSIVELY

effusively

(adverb) in an effusive manner; “the critics praised her effusively”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

effusively (comparative more effusively, superlative most effusively)

In an effusive manner.

Source: Wiktionary


EFFUSIVE

Ef*fu"sive, a.

Definition: Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.

– Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv.

– Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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