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单词 over-earnestly
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over-earnestlyadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈəːnᵻstli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈərnəs(t)li/
Forms: see over- prefix and earnestly adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, earnestly adv.
Etymology: < over- prefix + earnestly adv., after over-earnest adj.
In an over-earnest manner; too earnestly.
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the mind > emotion > sincere emotion > [adverb] > excessively
over-earnestly1581
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 6 It is not good..to occupie your minde ouer earnestlie.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Bb5v His men following ouer-earnestly.
1857 F. W. Faber Poems (ed. 3) 80 Rainbows to my childish eye Withdrew into the cloudy sky, When gazed at over-earnestly.
1991 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 15 Dec. (TV section) 3 A cherub-cheeked teenager who over-earnestly crusades to save a surrogate grandfather.
2002 Stage (Nexis) 9 May 24 She..takes her work seriously but never over-earnestly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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