Mrs. Denham agreed effusively, as if her opinion of Katharine's sense had risen.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
William agreed effusively; Denham corroborated him, speaking in rather high-pitched tones; they thrust aside the plans, and drew nearer to the fireplace.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
Even Lucy Ann, who was incurably afraid of everything like a gun or fire-arm, partook of the general fervor, and boasted effusively that she had actually "tetched Marse John's big pistils."
"Two Little Confederates"
Thomas Nelson Page