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In an vivacious, sparkling, or bubbling manner.

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  • That man can make a drink with a ten-second aftertaste that mutates in effervescently-pleasant ways upon the tongue.
  • They weren't taking the affair as effervescently as I was.
  • It suddenly seemed ridiculously funny, so light and effervescently joyous, and I cried laughing.
  • The tentacle hissed effervescently-and where it touched the boat, the boat began to hiss and sparkle too.
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