Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a gushing manner.
- With extravagant display of sentiment or feeling: as, to write or speak gushingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a gushing manner; copiously.
- adverb colloq. Weakly; sentimentally; effusively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
gushing manner; withovereffusive sentimentality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a gushing manner
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Examples
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A lot of the videos of the book signing he's politely and gushingly taking gifts and adding them to the ever growing pile.
Doctor Who...another way to fix JE... rabid1st 2009
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Hillary Clinton took a shine to her younger counterpart, gushingly describing him as "vibrant, attractive, vital".
David Miliband has left frontline politics – but for how long? Jonathan Freedland 2010
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Last week's gushingly reported study, "Researchers Show Women's Tears Turn Men Off!" felt like another nail in the coffin of civilization.
Lisa Kirchner: Tears Turn Men Off But Fail To Make Them Care Lisa Kirchner 2011
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Last week's gushingly reported study, "Researchers Show Women's Tears Turn Men Off!" felt like another nail in the coffin of civilization.
Lisa Kirchner: Tears Turn Men Off But Fail To Make Them Care Lisa Kirchner 2011
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Last week's gushingly reported study, "Researchers Show Women's Tears Turn Men Off!" felt like another nail in the coffin of civilization.
Lisa Kirchner: Tears Turn Men Off But Fail To Make Them Care Lisa Kirchner 2011
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And then there is the dismissive sneer concerning the ‘foolish few’ who ‘fear’ the achievement of this great benign role that these awful people so gushingly desire.
Archive 2008-01-13 2008
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And then there is the dismissive sneer concerning the ‘foolish few’ who ‘fear’ the achievement of this great benign role that these awful people so gushingly desire.
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This gushingly welcomed Somali “refugees” to the Colorado town:
Obama As Community Organizer v. Romney As LDS Missionary 2008
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One has to wonder why after eight years of near-total silence, the media has suddenly, gushingly fallen in love with covering the war in Afghanistan.
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Whether we're talking about pretty book covers, fancy logos, gushingly gorgeous slogans or sizzling hot storefront.
sosheshall commented on the word gushingly
reminds me of yummy juice.
August 18, 2009