Wiktionary
a. generous to an excessive degree
WordNet
adj. very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: lavish, munificent, prodigal, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
Usage examples of "overgenerous".
It had been good, but the woman had been overgenerous with her portions, and there was some left.
She was a sharp trader with those who had something to trade, although she tended to be overgenerous to those with nothing.
Sorkin, like most psychosomatic-level neurotics, was spiteful to his enemies and overgenerous to his friends.
After wolfing down some bread and fruit from the overgenerous breakfast the second set of ser vants had brought, Tarma headed off to oversee the further training of the horses, concentrating on the gold and the dapple.
She smiled happily as he patted her back, collecting an overgenerous kiss.
The friends who dropped in each evening loved him, considered him overgenerous with his family and household.
Uncertain what it cost to reach Paris, she decided it best to be overgenerous in her estimates.
She seemed to give Honor complete credit for that, although Honor felt that that was overgenerous of her.