Modifies a noun

• praise: I'm sure he'll be delighted to receive such fulsome praise from you.

• apology: A friend of Julie Pankhurst's received a bully's fulsome apology by e-mail.

• tribute: The report begins with a fulsome tribute to Deputy Head Mr I G Hooke, who resigned in Aug 79.

• support: Equally important has been the fulsome political support for Karimov from all the senior figures in the US administration, from Bush down.

• compliment: Her servility and fulsome compliments when Emmy was in prosperity were not more to that lady's liking.

• account: There are many fulsome accounts by veterans of all sides recording their compassionate treatment whilst in the hands of the enemy.

Modifying Another Word

• very: They invariably wished us well in very fulsome terms and in some cases they even said 'God Bless ' !

• too: That suspicion works better for me than theories about my hallucinating... Btw, I think " pretty mediocre " is too fulsome.

• unusually: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRE-SCHOOL CENTER subject of an unusually fulsome OFSTED report on its provision for four year olds.

• equally: Nonetheless, The Million Pound Property Experiment has been their Jamie's Kitchen, and their rehabilitation equally fulsome.