Meaning & use
profusely
In large amounts or to a great degree, often describing bleeding, sweating, or expressing thanks or apology.
See it in a sentence
He apologized profusely after realizing he had missed the entire client meeting.
The runner was sweating profusely by the time she crossed the finish line.
A note on using this word
Profusely commonly pairs with verbs like bleed, sweat, thank, and apologize, describing an intense or overflowing degree of the action.
Words with a similar meaning
abundantlycopiously
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Words with an opposite meaning
sparingly
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