“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
unctuously, smarmily, fulsomely
(adverb) in an unctuous manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fulsomely (comparative more fulsomely, superlative most fulsomely)
In a fulsome manner
Source: Wiktionary
Ful"some, a. Etym: [Full, a. + -some.]
1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding.
2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. Cowper.
3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] "Fulsome ewes." Shak.
– Ful"some*ly, adv.
– Ful"some*ness, n. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States