Meaning & use
Fulsomely
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In an excessive or insincere manner, especially when praising or flattering someone.
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The critic praised the film so fulsomely that readers suspected a conflict of interest.
He thanked his hosts fulsomely, though his gratitude felt rehearsed.
A note on using this word
Traditionally carries a negative sense of overdone or insincere flattery, though it is increasingly used to mean simply 'abundantly.'
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