profuseness

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The culprit had a little log hut on the banks of the Guyandotte River, and was dealing it out with a profuseness entirely unwarranted.

From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf

In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

His profuseness, however, had been mingled with a continuous astonishment, a brutish wonder which was quite inexplicable to Elizabeth.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

The profuseness and variety of beautiful ferns and orchidaceous plants will also be sure to attract the attention of the Northern visitor.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Its illustrations, which are given with great profuseness, are engraved in the highest style of art, and, in most cases, from designs made expressly for "The Nursery," by the best American artists.

From The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various