All 3 Uses of
effusive
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- He passed the stewed apricots effusively.†
Chpt 5 *effusively = in a manner that enthusiastically expresses happiness or approval
- He galloped to the station, brought home railway maps, and traced motor-routes from Gopher Prairie to Winnipeg or Des Moines or Grand Marais, thinking aloud and expecting her to be effusive about such academic questions as "Now I wonder if we could stop at Baraboo and break the jump from La Crosse to Chicago?"†
Chpt 16
- At the Jolly Seventeen, two days after, she was effusive to Maud Dyer, to Juanita Haydock.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
enthusiastic in expressing happiness or approval