overly
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overly¹
adverb
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To an excessive degree.
Parents can be overly protective of their children.
Similar: too, excessively, superfluously
- To a high degree; very. I'm not overly enthusiastic about meeting him.
- Superficially. 1566, Thomas Blundeville, The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London, “The true Arte of Paring, and shooyng all maner of Houes together […] ,” Chapter 5, […] let him not touche the quarters nor the heeles at al, vnlesse it be to make the seat of the shoe playne, & let that be don
- Carelessly, without due attention. […] you shall finde this, that all remissenesse, when a man doth a thing remissely, and ouerly, and perfunctorily, it argues alway a diuided intention, it is an argument that the whole minde is not set on it, but that the intention is distracted, and bestowed on other things:
- With a sense of superiority, haughtily. The third [vice] is Arrogancie, and the fourth Pride, two vices neer a kinne, Cosen germans […] when men shall arrogate much unto themselves; looking overly and superciliously upon others.
overly²
adjective more overly · most overly
- Superficial; not thorough; careless, negligent, inattentive. The curteous Citizen bad me to his feast, With hollow words, and ouerly request: Come, will ye dine with me this Holy day? I yeelded, tho he hop’d I would say Nay:
- Having a sense of superiority, haughty. Those that know no better, may rejoyce and exult in these worldly contentments; but those, who have had but a blink of the beauty of heaven, can look upon them no otherwise, than with an overly contemptuousnesse.
- Excessive; too great. […] there appears a very chilling want of open-heartedness on the part of Owen, produced perhaps by the somewhat overly and certainly most ungracious resentments of Baxter.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: excessively, too, exaggeratedly, excessive, exorbitantly, inordinately, intensely, extremely, exceedingly, abundantly, amazingly, heavily, majorly, extraordinarily, much, highly
Translations
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adv to an excessive degree
| Español | demasiadamente, excesivamente |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | あまりに amari ni, 過度に kado ni, とても totemo, とっても tottemo |
| 中文 | 過於 /过于 guòyú, 過分 /过分 guòfèn, 過度地 /过度地 guòdù de, 極度地 /极度地 jídù de, 太 tài |
| Português | demais, excessivamente, exageradamente |
| Français | trop |
| Deutsch | allzu, übermäßig |
| Русский | чрезме́рно črezmérno, сли́шком slíškom, изли́шне izlíšne, избы́точно izbýtočno |
Talk about this word "overly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/overly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. overly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/overly "overly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/overly.Cite this
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title = {overly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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