Adjective : effusive greetings; an effusive person. From Dictionary.com.
The woman's effusiveness was slightly overwhelming. From Wordnik.com. [The Hearing]
Will we hear similar effusiveness in Cameron's speech?. From Wordnik.com. [Cameron's speech: live blog] Reference
The ferret's effusiveness was making JonTom uncomfortable. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
The effusiveness of that ending seemed positively Joycean. From Wordnik.com. [Sex and/or Mr. Morrison | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast] Reference
Bob Dylan elicits effusiveness with his Starlight Theatre show. From Wordnik.com. [News Archive] Reference
The latter arrived with much effusiveness, but his greeting by Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
Michael was greeted with the effusiveness reserved for old friends, which he was. From Wordnik.com. [Lawman Lover]
The old people received their daughter with an effusiveness that touched her deeply. From Wordnik.com. [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket] Reference
From a Rhune, thought Kolodin, even an occluded Rhune, this was almost effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Marune: Alastor 933]
COOPER: But could this new effusiveness have the film's producers a little concerned?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2005] Reference
Eschenbach may also have encouraged the exaggerated physical effusiveness of Lang Lang. From Wordnik.com. [Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start?] Reference
Will was more than a little taken aback by the formerly silent fisherman's effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
In her indifference and his effusiveness we see our own conflicted response to the region. From Wordnik.com. [From the West Bank] Reference
Still, the very effusiveness of her recitation argued that even in this, she was poking fun. From Wordnik.com. [And Other Tales Of Valdemar]
But most experts are prone to unrestrained effusiveness when speaking of the company's potential. From Wordnik.com. [The World] Reference
She takes thankfully, but without any great effusiveness of gratitude, whatever God's messengers bring her. From Wordnik.com. [Harriet, the Moses of Her People] Reference
In short, you can picture the interview for yourself; it was characterized by all the florid effusiveness of. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
He saluted us all solemnly, without his usual effusiveness; bearing himself with simple and touching dignity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He spoke with the distraction yet effusiveness of one whose emotions have been roused and checked in full flood. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of the Moth, and other essays] Reference
Whether the Prime Minister's sudden effusiveness about the Yanks was prompted by the Sarkozy visit doesn't matter. From Wordnik.com. [Doing the Sarkozy] Reference
A letter of thanks is difficult, but too great effusiveness is as disgusting as too great abruptness is unsatisfactory. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Krafft greeted Maurice with a touch of his former effusiveness; for he was in a talkative mood, and needed an audience. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
"Oh -- er -- yes," replied Miss Nellie, taken aback by this effusiveness, which she could only explain as being foreign. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
Some of these products, which are highly effective on roads, rapidly lose their effusiveness when used to stabilize walls. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
Young as I was, I understood the divine significance of a girl's vicarious effusiveness at such a moment, and felt delighted. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
This superficial effusiveness, supposed to be "pretty" manners, is related more to subjective vanity than to objective courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Her nature was too self-contained for such effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Hallam Succession] Reference
This greeting, however, was too freezing for his effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoner for Blasphemy] Reference
Jennie received her aunt with cordiality, but not effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [American Cookery November, 1921] Reference
He reached out his hand and pressed Brant's, in heavy effusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Clarence] Reference
I took the nickel and thanked her, but effusiveness left her unmoved. From Wordnik.com. [In the Bishop's Carriage] Reference
But for them, there was none of the Biden effusiveness of the previous day. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Ordinarily, it pays for politicians to put a break on effusiveness, but not Joe Biden. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Others may adore your effusiveness under normal circumstances, but these are not normal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
Given Kovalchuk's effusiveness at the initial news conference about his apparent home until. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
This crowd treated him with well-bred cordiality but with far less effusiveness than the others. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University] Reference
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