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fulsomely

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.]
   1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]

            His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew
            fulsome, fair, and fresh.             --Golding.

   2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or
      grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from
      excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.

            And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves
            will hide its coarseness with a veil. --Cowper.

   3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
      [Obs.] ``Fulsome ewes.'' --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. --
      {Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

fulsomely
     adv : in an unctuous manner [syn: {unctuously}, {smarmily}]
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