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Webster 1913 Edition


Overliness

O′ver-li-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Definition 2024


overliness

overliness

English

Noun

overliness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.
    • Bishop Joseph Hall
      Would God overliness and contempt were not yours.