as in too
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
there's no need to be overly careful about the rough draft, since we'll polish it afterwards
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Recent Examples of overly
However, some have concerns that the legislation overly romanticizes Medicare, which has widespread issues, still, according to Chris Fong, the CEO of Smile Insurance and a Medicare specialist.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Doing Laundry Washers and dryers can be overly noisy, particularly in smaller homes where sound travels easily, and depending on the location of the appliances.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Protecting Your Mental Health While Dieting The study’s main takeaway is not to avoid dieting but to pay attention to nutrition and avoid unsupervised, overly restrictive dieting, Mudd said.
—Cathy Nelson, Health, 17 June 2025
The look is overly slick in that everyone looks too bright and airbrushed to be real, yet also drab in that the backdrops of this supposedly luxe mansion feel cheap and generic.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Doing Laundry Washers and dryers can be overly noisy, particularly in smaller homes where sound travels easily, and depending on the location of the appliances.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Protecting Your Mental Health While Dieting The study’s main takeaway is not to avoid dieting but to pay attention to nutrition and avoid unsupervised, overly restrictive dieting, Mudd said.
—Cathy Nelson, Health, 17 June 2025
The look is overly slick in that everyone looks too bright and airbrushed to be real, yet also drab in that the backdrops of this supposedly luxe mansion feel cheap and generic.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overly
Adverb
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Conservatives counter the state’s debt is still too high and that any deviation from savings practices is a road to fiscal chaos.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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Then starting guard Jon Runyan Jr. went down, too, and Runyan is only now stepping into team drills coming off what is believed to be surgery for a separated shoulder.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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Overemphasizing uncertainties can be used to raise doubt and unduly undermine confidence in robust findings.—
H. Christopher Frey,
The Conversation,
5 June 2025
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That bill imposed a $10,000 ceiling, which the blue-state GOP lawmakers said unduly punished their area’s homeowners, who suddenly had a massively larger tax bill.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
2 June 2025
Adverb
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The entire bet was on a big wing shot creator who was extremely young.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Now the men in pink can make a shock escape from this extremely tight group.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Overly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overly. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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