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Webster 1913 Edition


overly

o′ver-ly

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adv.
1.
In an overly manner.
[Archaic]

Webster 1828 Edition


Overly

O'VERLY

,
Adj.
Careless; negligent; inattentive. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


overly

overly

See also: overtly

English

Adverb

overly (not comparable)

  1. To an excessive degree.
    Parents can be overly protective of their children.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
      This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.

Translations

Adjective

overly (comparative more overly, superlative most overly)

  1. (obsolete) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superficial; not thorough.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) Excessive; too much.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Coleridge to this entry?)

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