Literary notes about effusive (AI summary)
In literature, the adjective “effusive” is often used to convey an abundance of sentiment, warmth, or genuine enthusiasm that spills over in both speech and action. Writers deploy it to depict everything from lavish and unrestrained greetings ([1], [2], [3]) to sincere, heartfelt expressions of gratitude ([4], [5]), and even to signal social traits such as cordiality or exuberance ([6], [7]). At times, its use implies a natural effusion—a spontaneous, unguarded display of emotion ([8], [9])—while in other contexts it hints at a somewhat exaggerated or over-the-top responsiveness ([10], [11]). This versatility allows “effusive” to illuminate characters’ innermost feelings, marking scenes with a resonance that can be both touching and, occasionally, deliberately restrained ([12], [13]).
- There was a moment of effusive greetings and innumerable embraces.
— from Fromont and Risler — Complete by Alphonse Daudet - As Constance followed her in, the effusive greeting of Bella LeMar showed that as yet she suspected nothing.
— from Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve - At the appointed hour Astral stepped in and was received in a most effusive manner by the young man.
— from Overshadowed: A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs - In the end Christophe consented, with effusive thanks.
— from Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Romain Rolland - When they had finished, Edith went up to him and was quite effusive in her expressions of gratitude.
— from Tales from Two Hemispheres by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen - "Good-night, Miss Henderson," said the young man at last, conscious of rebuff, but irrepressibly effusive and friendly all the time.
— from Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs. - He was a large, jovial, effusive person—quite the typical Boniface, in fact.
— from Bohemian Days in Fleet Street by William Mackay - I grasped my visitor's hand with a warmth I could not restrain, and with an enthusiasm that must have appeared to him effusive, I said: "Thank God!
— from Nequa; or, The Problem of the Ages by Mary P. Lowe - Hattie May threw herself upon me in her usual effusive manner.
— from Dig Here! by Gladys Allen - They were altogether too cordial, too effusive—in short, over-acted their part.
— from In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford - But the words of the old money-grabber angered Clayton less than Ferris' effusive friendly epistles from Detroit.
— from The Midnight Passenger : A Novel by Richard Savage - The greeting was not effusive, for she had seen the Bigiels at the railway.
— from Children of the Soil by Henryk Sienkiewicz - " Dr. Derwent was not effusive; he had said as much as he cared to say on the more intimate aspect of the matter.
— from The Crown of Life by George Gissing
