What is "overly"

Usage examples of "overly".

Fivetide had chosen to describe himself should be rendered with a florid rolling of the syllables involved, making the Affronter officer sound like an overly stagey actor.

The youthful, red-haired ruler of England and Normandy was not overly tall, but he bristled with a fierce energy that, in addition to his broad shoulders and powerful body and booming voice, gave him a commanding presence second to none.

Autumn was a time of sorting out the daffodil bulbs with their malathion stink, brushing their onionskin coatings from overly thick sweaters knit by two grandmothers who refused to speak English while they carded wool.

The dog slunk into a corner and hid beneath a manger and lay there growling softly, but I could tell that the beast was not overly brave, or else it would never have lived to be so gray.

He waved back across the rolling marshland and started to slog towards him, avoiding the open water and overly lush regions of vegetation that indicated sink pits which could very well be bottomless.

Several hours and false trails later, I determined that Frank Paco does own the business, but is overly modest about it.

I had good reason to suspect that wizards might not be overly popular with the Pandar family.

He was, after all, supposed to be a bit of a diplomat as well as a soldier, and he figured that Parral would not be overly thrilled by having one of his court bravos butchered two seconds into the fight.

Bertonne, I rather imagine that Captain Plake has been painting an overly dire picture of the situation.

As much as Tim had been thrashing about, that was probably overly precautious, but better safe than sorry when transporting a patient.

His logic was overly simplistic, but rather than pursue this, I asked the question foremost on my mind: why had he not told me that he was my grandfather?

The place had been almost full when she and Spens entered, the bright coats and lace-edged ruffles of the men and the overly tawdry finery of the local girls and pretty boys half obscured by veils of blue tobacco smoke.

Her uncle forbade her to leave the house unescorted, and she was being watched by all the household help - none of whom were overly fond of her.

In the same way, if unresolved feelings are coming up, we will be overly sensitive to the normal pokes and bumps of relating.

The party was not overly successful according to Nina but it gave Willi the chance to have a long chat with the young would-be novelist.