fulsomeness
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Aside from the fulsomeness of the introductory language, there does not seem to be much opportunity for comedy here.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When the sisters-in-law had embraced, with that unconvincing fulsomeness which is apt to result from a charitable act of oblivion, Janet turned lovingly to George and asked after his mother.
From The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett
The lines on Lord Lansdowne offend the more from the fulsomeness of the adulation.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
The Chancellor's sense of proportion is curious, but may perhaps be condoned as of a piece with the fulsomeness of the day.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
The Marchioness welcomed him cordially, later on, and Mr. Dane Montague and Mr. Hartwell seemed very harmless in their ill-chosen country clothes, and ingratiating almost to the point of fulsomeness.
From Jacob's Ladder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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