overly

Speech parts

1. overly - Adjective

2. overly - Adverb

Meaning

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.

Excessive; too much.

In an overly manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

too excessively extremely improperly overmuch immoderately unduly unreasonably unjustifiably to a fault inordinately more over much ever
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Antonyms

just little comparatively slightly somewhat bit
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Phrases with the word

overly concerned overly sensitive overly expressive face overly defensive overly emotional overly protective

Anagrams

lovery lovyer volery volyer

Examples

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. Chanakya

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women. Keira Knightley

The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing. Alanis Morissette

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does. John Kenneth Galbraith

An overly modest man goes hungry. Ethiopian Proverb

Better leave something than eating overly much. Faroese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

overluxuriance overluxuriant overluxurious overly abundant overly careful overly concerned