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dif·fuse  (d-fyz)
v. dif·fused, dif·fus·ing, dif·fus·es
v.tr.
1. To pour out and cause to spread freely.
2. To spread about or scatter; disseminate.
3. To make less brilliant; soften.
v.intr.
1. To become widely dispersed; spread out.
2. Physics To undergo diffusion.
adj. (d-fys)
1. Widely spread or scattered; not concentrated.
2. Characterized by verbosity; wordy. See Synonyms at wordy.

[From Middle English, dispersed, from Anglo-Norman diffus, from Latin diffsus, past participle of diffundere, to spread : dis-, out, apart; see dis- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

dif·fusely (-fysl) adv.
dif·fuseness (-fysns) n.
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Adv.1.diffusely - in a diffuse manner; "the arteries were diffusely narrowed"


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As he continued his harangue, however, Kory-Kory, in emulation of our more polished orators, began to launch out rather diffusely into other branches of his subject, enlarging probably upon the moral reflections it suggested; and proceeded in such a strain of unintelligible and stunning gibberish, that he actually gave me the headache for the rest of the day.
Grant's being so well settled in life without being handsome, and expressed her astonishment on that point almost as often, though not so diffusely, as Mrs.
(Mumps declined to express himself more diffusely than by a single affirmative movement of his tail.
 
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