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What does effusive mean?

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Adjective
  1. gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
  2. (archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
  3. (of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
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The cubs who knew me were effusive in their greetings, their claws catching at my clothing as they closed around me, a gabble of voices.
His colleagues were equally effusive with their sympathies and unanimous in the thinking that his condition might be stress-related.
Every pro in attendance who analyzed the contest heaped effusive praise on the judges afterward.
One project Middlebrook cites as directly benefiting from the reorg is the Presidents Day event about which Meyers is so effusive.
It's interesting to see because he immediately puts on this effusive, charming but slightly distant manner, in case he doesn't know them.
Personal comportment often appears crass, loud, and effusive to people from other cultures, but Americans value emotional and bodily restraint.

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