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单词 over-highly
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over-highlyadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhʌɪli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhaɪli/
Forms: see over- prefix and highly adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, highly adv.
Etymology: < over- prefix + highly adv., after over-high adj. Compare earlier over-high adv.
Too highly; extremely highly.
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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
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 93 (MED) Þe oþire vertues..mowe haue vicis..bi..ouer hiȝli takyng sum circumstaunce longyng to þe verri vertu.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxv. §4. 596 Neither of these two Authors is ouer-highly commended of trustinesse.
1884 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 273/2 Pickering, on the other hand, is complimented somewhat over-highly when he is ranked beside Adams and Hamilton as a rival ‘third leader’.
1939 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 11 238 Mr. Jessup does not seem to evaluate overhighly his work at the Washington Conference.
1983 Internat. Affairs 59 783 When he categorizes General Maxwell Taylor as ‘highly sophisticated and perhaps over-highly educated’..he is not being complimentary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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