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Definition
abundant (a lot of something)- It grows profusely in this area.
profusely = abundantly
- She expressed profuse gratitude.
- She perspired profusely in the humidity.
- My Lady signifies, without profuse expenditure of words, that she is as wearily well as she can hope to be.Dickens, Charles -- Bleak House
- Jason hugged both of us again, thanked us profusely, and parted.Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
- Beloved, sweating profusely, was sprawled on the bed...Toni Morrison -- Beloved
- An event was taking place at the Kubinka, a decently attended affair, which accounted for the profusion of automobiles,Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- In several instances he found green spots in the vessel walls, but never in the profusion he found for cerebral vessels.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- Garrett woke and sat up in bed, sweating profusely.Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle
- Monday morning Coodemay and Sterrett stopped by and begged her pardon profusely and gave her five dollars apiece.Zora Neale Hurston -- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Ork is now weeping profusely, so moved that his throat constricts.John Gardner -- Grendel
- A sheepish Connor apologized profusely while Lucia screamed at him in Italian.Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
- You'd find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- He was quite portly, with a profusion of gray hair, and small blue eyes which age had robbed of much of their brightness but none of their penetration.Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
- Within an instant, she was bleeding so profusely that I realized there was no time to even call an ambulance.Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture
- Then, the lips are moistened profusely.Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- No matter what she picked, LuLing profusely thanked Precious Auntie.Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
- Little Jinny Stark, after all, fell, skinned her knee and bled profusely.Eudora Welty -- The Golden Apples
- Bourne played upon them swiftly, and once again dragged his victim through the crowd, apologizing profuselyRobert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- Bill was sitting at the small kitchen table, holding a bedsheet to his arm, which was bleeding profusely.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
profusely = abundantly (a lot)
profusely = a lot (in extreme abundance)
profusion = abundance (a lot of something)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
profusion = abundance (large amount)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
profusely = abundantly
profusely = abundantly
profusely = abundantly (a lot)
profusely = abundantly (a lot)
profusion = abundance (a lot of something)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
profusion = abundance (a lot of something)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
profusely = abundantly (much)
profusely = with extreme abundance
profusely = abundantly
profusely = abundantly
profusely = abundantly
profusely = abundantly