Both Uses of
profuse
in
The Age of Innocence
- The young man, after a just perceptible hesitation, replied, with profuse thanks, and in a tone that did not carry complete conviction, that he was already engaged; but when they had reached the comparative reassurance of the street he asked if he might call that afternoon.†
Chpt 25 *
- Mingott is much better: the doctor feels no anxiety whatever"; and Lefferts, with profuse expressions of relief, asked him if he had heard that there were beastly bad rumours again about Beaufort….†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(profuse) abundant (a lot of something)