Fulsomely

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.]
     1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]
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              His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew
              fulsome, fair, and fresh.             --Golding.


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     2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or
        grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from
        excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
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              And lest the fulsome artifice should fail
              Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
        [Obs.] "Fulsome ewes." --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. --
        {Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fulsomely
       adv : in an unctuous manner [syn: {unctuously}, {smarmily}]