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fulsomely

/fool-suhm, fuhl-/US // ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl- //UK // (ˈfʊlsəm) //

恳切地,恳切地说,笃定地,竭诚地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.
    • : disgusting; sickening; repulsive: a table heaped with fulsome mounds of greasy foods.
    • : excessively or insincerely lavish: fulsome admiration.
    • : encompassing all aspects; comprehensive: a fulsome survey of the political situation in Central America.
    • : abundant or copious.

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Examples

  • The difference is like getting two recommended doses of coronavirus vaccines instead of one — the additional mask offers more fulsome protection against the virus.

  • When she wrote to some American stars the response was less fulsome.

  • Whatever fulsome cliché of brilliance you want to attach to Hoffman is merited.

  • This occurs even as they proclaim their fulsome concern for “future generations.”

  • Clemmons was fulsome in his praise for Jews who have taken up residence on territory that Israel captured from Jordan in 1967.

  • Rather, he sees her fulsome interest in sex as a small rebellion against the fundamentalist world that she was born into.

  • The critics were fulsome in their praise and the public was lavish with its plaudits, but I was abjectly miserable.

  • I remember the fuss they made about it in the society papers—fulsome, sickenin' sort of hog-wash they wrote.

  • Then at last the eunuch spoke, his imperturbable smile swelling to a fulsome grin.

  • Do they not bring moral discredit on a great creed, and tend to reduce it to the low level of mere and fulsome cant?

  • Many letters were filled with fulsome praise and compliment, usually of one pattern.