overly

See also: overtly

English

Etymology

over +‎ -ly

Adverb

overly (not comparable)

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

to an excessive degree

Chinese:
Mandarin: 過於 (zh), 过于 (zh) (guòyú), 過分 (zh), 过分 (zh) (guòfèn), 過度地 (zh), 过度地 (zh) (guòdù de), 極度地 (zh), 极度地 (zh) (jídù de), 太 (zh) (tài)
Finnish: liian (fi), yli- (fi)
French: trop (fr), excessivement (fr)
Galician: excesivamente
German: allzu (de), übermäßig (de)
Irish: ró-

Japanese: あまりに (ja) (amari ni), 過度に (ja) (かどに, kado ni), とても (ja) (totemo), とっても (tottemo)
Polish: nadmiernie (pl), zbytnio (pl)
Portuguese: exagerada (pt) f
Russian: чрезме́рно (ru) (črezmérno), сли́шком (ru) (slíškom), изли́шне (ru) (izlíšne), избы́точно (ru) (izbýtočno)
Spanish: demasiadamente (es), excesivamente (es)
Swedish: alltför (sv)

Adjective

overly (comparative more overly, superlative most overly)

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

(obsolete) Excessive; too much.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Coleridge to this entry?)

Anagrams

lovyer, volery, volyer

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