0 in a way that expresses a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere:
He was amiable and neat in person and language, but never terse; and his style in manners and writing were bountifully steeped with gushingly effusive, but also often grating, cordialities.
In fact, it is not only in favour, but gushingly enthusiastic about the idea.
A humble lean-to was gushingly described as a conservatory.
Business magazines tend to describe companies and the economy in gushingly polite tones.
