three. pro-FUSE-ly.
He thanked her profusely.
I thanked her profusely.
She profusely thanked her friend for the thoughtful gift.
The medical textbook is profusely illustrated.
His leg was profusely bleeding when he cut himself with the knife. Another good sentence would be, his smile was profusely obvious that he was not paying attention to the teacher.
The man was bleeding profusely from his wounds.
Profuse (adverb- profusely) in great abundance, bountiful; pouring forth liberally, extravagant.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
After running two miles in the heat of the summer sun, Laurel was sweating profusely.
There are 3 syllables in symphony:sym/pho/ny
there are 2 syllables in stomach. To see why, search 'How many syllables in attack?'
There are 14 syllables.