profusive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- profusively adverb
- profusiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of profusive
Example Sentences
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To them you will always be the little boy who forgot to write profusive thanks for the half-a-crown they gave you when you first went to school.
From Over the Fireside with Silent Friends by King, Richard
Ask G——s, or F—tc—t, to correct your Plan, They'll freely, where you err, instruct the Man, In what's amiss, with Judgment, and with Care, Where needful add; and where profusive; spare.
From The Art of Architecture A Poem In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry by Anonymous
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