Pro*found"ly, adv. In a profound manner.
Why sigh you so profoundly?
Shak.
Pro*found"ness, n. The quality or state of being profound; profundity;
depth. Hooker.
Pro*ful"gent (?), a. [Pref. pro- + L. fulgere to shine.] Shining forth;
brilliant; effulgent. [Obs.] "Profulgent in preciousness." Chaucer.
Pro*fun"di*ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (#). [L. profunditas: cf. F.
profondite. See Profound.] The quality or state of being profound;
depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. "The vast profundity obscure."
Milton.
Pro*fuse" (?), a. [L. profusus, p. p. of profundere to pour forth or
out; pro forward, forth + fundere to pour: cf. F. profus. See Fuse to
melt.] 1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful;
exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government;
profuse hospitality.
A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers.
Milton.
2. Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure.
"Profuse ornament." Kames.
Syn. -- Lavish; exuberant; bountiful; prodigal; extravagant. --
Profuse, Lavish, Prodigal. Profuse denotes pouring out (as money, etc.)
with great fullness or freeness; as, profuse in his expenditures,
thanks, promises, etc. Lavish is stronger, implying unnecessary or
wasteful excess; as, lavish of his bounties, favors, praises, etc.
Prodigal is stronger still, denoting unmeasured or reckless profusion;
as, prodigal of one's strength, life, or blood, to secure some object.
Dryden.
Pro*fuse" (?), v. t. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to
lavish; to squander. [Obs.] Chapman.
Pro*fuse"ly (?), adv. In a profuse manner.
Pro*fuse"ness, n. Extravagance; profusion.
Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness.
Atterbury.