Both Uses
profuse
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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- The door was thrown wide open, and, preceded by Mr. Jellyband, who was profuse in his bows and welcomes, a party of four—two ladies and two gentlemen—entered the coffee-room.†
Chpt 3
- Sally had bustled off to her kitchen whilst Jellyband, still profuse with his respectful salutations, arranged one or two chairs around the fire.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(profuse) abundant (a lot of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)