fulsomely
/ˈfʊlsəmli/adverb
fulsomely is an adverb meaning “In a fulsome manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-L-S-O-M-E-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fulsomely mean?
adverb
- 1
In a fulsome manner
The traditional format produced more lively hearings -- with justices often interrupting each other -- and advocates unable to always respond fulsomely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fulsomely?
- /ˈfʊlsəmli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fulsomely
- more fulsomely comparative
- most fulsomely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fulsomely?
Fulsomely appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fulsomely come from?
Inherited from Middle English fulsomly; equivalent to fulsome + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).