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effusive


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Definition:
expressing emotion in an unrestrained manner; gushy

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"Citoyenne St. Just." Marguerite uttered a little cry of astonishment, at thus hearing her own familiar maiden name uttered so close to her. She looked up at the stranger, and this time, with a cry of unfeigned pleasure, she put out both her hands effusively towards him. "Chauvelin!" she exclaimed.

Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
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he guided the wagon into the crowd of men and succeeded in selling all of his hot dogs, courteously and effusively squirting ketchup and mustard on his sold goods with all the energy of a fireman.

John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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greeted Lo with a ringing “Hi!”— and then, addressing me, effusively, edusively

Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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