单词 | over-earnestly |
释义 | over-earnestlyadv. In an over-earnest manner; too earnestly. ΘΚΠ 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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