overfaradv.
/ˌəʊvəˈfɑː/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfɑr/ Too far; to too great a distance, extent, or degree.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > [adverb] > to too great a distance
overfara1400
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb]
overlyOE
overswitheOE
over-micklec1230
overmucha1382
over-measurea1387
overdonec1390
overlargelyc1390
overfara1400
superflue?a1425
overgatea1450
overdonelyc1450
over-highlyc1454
excessivelyc1460
superfluously1528
stinkingly1545
excessive1569
over-greatly1599
unmercifully1611
overgrownly1668
extravagantlya1715
preponderously1835
faultily1855
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4894 Ar þai ouer far be on þeir fare.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 454 We won our farr fra þe wode.
a1500 Wisdom of Solomon (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 185 It is nocht spedfull till a man..til inquere our far in subtyll materis of godis preuate.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. ix. 16 Such rules are not safe to be trusted ouer-farre.
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 154 I fear lest my zeal should over-far transport me.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxx. 280/1 That the Poor might not go over-far to Church.
1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. vii. 319 I can't make him own he has ever seen you in his life; which I tell him is carrying his modesty over far.
1837 W. Ware Lett. Lucius M. Piso I. iv. 74 The bars of his cage are over far apart.
1865 W. J. Linton Claribel & Other Poems 261 Copenhagen unto Cronstadt, Tell him, is not overfar.
1904 N.E.D. at Over-far Dinna gang owre ferr.
1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. vi. 189 [He] judged it went overfar into the subject of inscrutable ‘feelings’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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