[
UK
/pɹəfjˈuːzli/
]
[ US /pɹəfˈjusɫi/ ]
[ US /pɹəfˈjusɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
in an abundant manner
he thanked her profusely
they were abundantly supplied with food
How To Use profusely In A Sentence
- A deep cut on her wrist was bleeding profusely.
- The volumes are profusely illustrated and contain the most entertaining sketches in Mr. Stockton's _most entertaining_ manner. Sara Crewe or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's
- The false cenotaph in the public upper chamber was in white marble, the color of freshly drawn milk, inlaid profusely with stylized flowers in tiers—a lapis lazuli blue, a jasper red, a bloodstone black, an agate and sard brown, a carnelian orange, a chlorite and jade green, and a yellow limestone. Shadow Princess
- As the blood supply for the scalp is so good, any knock received tends to bleed profusely resulting in blood everywhere and bruising as a result.
- I was mortified and apologised profusely to Button's adviser.
- My nose had started running again, so I was armed with several handkerchiefs and blowing my nose profusely as we entered the dining room.
- Most children his age should have been romping around playing, breaking prize possessions then denying it profusely.
- It was the Actress whom we'd met in the City, sweating profusely from her exertions and with a dirty smudge across a cheek.
- Although lean and lithe, he was sweating profusely and the effort was beginning to show. Times, Sunday Times
- The longer he stood the unsteadier he grew, and the more profusely he wept. Trumps