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单词 over-anxiously
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over-anxiouslyadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvərˈaŋ(k)ʃəsli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈæŋ(k)ʃəsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over-anxious adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < over-anxious adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare anxiously adv.
In an over-anxious manner.
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the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adverb] > in an uneasy manner > in an excessively anxious manner
over-anxiously1775
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Overanxiously.
1793 W. Godwin Enq. conc. Polit. Justice x, in A. E. Rodway Godwin & Age Transition (1975) 185 Let us not over-anxiously watch for occasions and events.
1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. 366 It does not appear to me that Canada ought to be over-anxiously urgent with officials at Washington.
1876 W. Swinton Biole Word-bk. 97 The precept does not signify that we are not to have proper thought or consideration for our life, but that we are not to be unduly or over-anxiously solicitous regarding it.
1891 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 162/1 Against these stood always a very fine general constitution, and a rather over-anxiously guarded fashion of life.
1950 J. S. Plant Envelope xiv. 171 The parent overanxiously watches every step.
1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Mar. d1 [He] won a number of points when Mitton over-anxiously went for big forehand and overhit them.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 13 Business..usually tends to respond over-anxiously to threats of industrial disruption.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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