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ˈover-ˈanxious, a.
[over- 28.]
Excessively or unduly anxious, too anxious.
1741Richardson Pamela II. 182 That over-anxious Sollicitude which appears in the charmingest Face in the World. c1820S. Rogers Italy (1839) 205 Almost all men are over⁓anxious. 1874[see over adv. 11].
So ˈover-anˈxiety n., ˈover-ˈanxiously adv.
1775Ash, Over⁓anxiously.
1826J. S. Mill in Parl. Hist. & Rev. 1826 658/1 The discredit into which the small notes had fallen through their over-anxiety to get rid of them in a hurry. 1829― Autobiogr. (1924) 302 They did not consider it very dignified to evince an over-anxiety to stand forth in defence of themselves on slight occasions. 1955Times 13 July 3/4 The issue hung in the balance for the last two hours and both sides made mistakes through over-anxiety. 1976J. Wainwright Who goes Next? 145 He'd have to watch his step..not to make a hash of things, because of over-anxiety. |