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The descriptions are detailed, and I think of Hunter S. Thompson as I write them, effulgently, contumaciously, a gringo in God’s villages.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2016

"I thought I'd come and see Lois," said Mrs. Buck, effulgently smiling, as George handed her out of the car.

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold

They pictured the Delloggs as bland pillars of light coming forward effulgently to greet them, and bathing them in the beams of their hospitality.

From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth

Never will Retzow Junior forget that scene, and how effulgently eloquent the veteran physiognomies were.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas

Directly life would begin anew, the face would flush up effulgently, the eyes open and brighten, and soon relapsing, stillness re-asserted, would again be dispossessed by the same magnificent triumph of man over mortality.

From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred