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gushingly

gushingly adverb: so as to gush or flow forth.

Adverb

gushingly (comparative more gushingly, superlative most gushingly)

  1. So as to gush or flow forth.
    • Just send a good, strong current through, so that the water overflows gushingly, and shake the reels from time to time […]1982, Popular Photography, volume 89, number 9, page 118
  2. In a gushing manner; with overeffusive sentimentality.
    • "We went to see Guys and Dolls in New York," Maria Clara said gushingly. "It was so typical. We thought of you."1998, Robert Stone, Damascus Gate

Forms of gushingly

comparativemore gushingly
superlativemost gushingly

Origin of gushingly

From gushing + -ly.

Questions about gushingly

What does gushingly mean?
Gushingly means so as to gush or flow forth.
What part of speech is gushingly?
Gushingly is an adverb.

Words near gushingly in the dictionary

  1. gushier
  2. gushiest
  3. gushily
  4. gushiness
  5. gushing
  6. gushingly
  7. gushingness
  8. gushings
  9. gusht
  10. gushy
  11. Gusii

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