English Explanatory Dictionary

overly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. To an excessive degree.
  2. To a high degree; very.
  3. Superficially.
  4. Carelessly, without due attention.
  5. With a sense of superiority, haughtily.
adj
  1. Superficial; not thorough; careless, negligent, inattentive.
  2. Having a sense of superiority, haughty.
  3. Excessive; too great.

Word forms

overly more overly most overly

Etymology

From over + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Synonyms

too excessively superfluously

Derived words

overliness
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