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English
Etymology
From profuse + -ly.
Pronunciation
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 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
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- Finnish: runsaasti (fi), vuolaasti (fi)
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- German: übermäßig (de), über alle Maßen, außerordentlich (de), extrem (de)
- 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)
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- Polish: bogato (pl)
- Russian: обильно (ru) (obilʹno)
- Swedish: riktigt (sv), ymnigt (sv)
- Welsh: yn helaeth
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