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overly

adverb B2
  1. To an excessive degree. · Parents can be overly protective of their children.
  2. To a high degree; very. · I'm not overly enthusiastic about meeting him.
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She’s a real pretty girl got to be, though I can’t say I’m overly partial to that pale, big-eyed style myself.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 257 · C1

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