profusely

English

Etymology

profuse +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfjusli/
Audio (US) (file)

Adverb

profusely (comparative more profusely, superlative most profusely)

In great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner.
The run left him sweating profusely.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
  "Oh, I say! By Jove! What!" was his oration, after which he resumed his seat and perspired profusely.

Collocations

Some verbs commonly collocating with profusely:

sweat profusely
apologise profusely
bleed profusely
thank profusely
cry profusely

Translations

in great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner

Finnish: runsaasti (fi), vuolaasti (fi)
Hungarian: bőségesen (hu), bőven (hu), (gush profusely, e.g. of sweat) ömlik (hu), dől (hu), szakad (hu) (the origin of the liquid is expressed with -ról/-ről or -ból/-ből)
Polish: bogato (pl)
Russian: обильно (ru) (obilʹno)

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