Crossword-Solution: OVERLY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Overly | a. | Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. |
| Overly | a. | Excessive; too much. |
| Overly | adv. | In an overly manner. |
We have 14 clues for the answer “OVERLY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Adjective with "optimistic" | 1 answer |
| Adverb with "optimistic" | 1 answer |
| Beyond a reasonable limit | 1 answer |
| More than is called for | 1 answer |
| To excess | 2 answers |
| Too too | 3 answers |
| to a fault | 4 answers |
| To an excessive degree | 7 answers |
| Too-too | 10 answers |
| BE TOO MUCH | 10 answers |
| Exces-sively | 16 answers |
| Immensely | 16 answers |
| Too | 27 answers |
| Too much | 41 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RETAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OVERLY (5)
The house was appointed with a strikingly southern ante-bellum flair, but tastefully done, not overly decorated.
Ward knew that Simms was an arrant coward, nor was he himself overly keen for an upstanding, man-to-man encounter such as must quickly follow any attempt upon his part to uphold the authority of Simms, or their claim upon the custody of the girl.
They say Henry is overly English for their stomachs, because he hath married an English wife and she hath coaxed him to give back their old laws to our Saxons.
The bailie was, at all times, overly ready to claught at an alarm; and when he heard the news, he went straight to the council-room, and sending for the rest of the council, ordered the alien enemy, as he called the forlorn Frenchman, to be brought before him.
She was a woman, as I have by hint here and there intimated, of a prelatic disposition, seeking all things her own way, and not overly scrupulous about the means, which I take to be the true humour of prelacy.
Quotes with OVERLY (3)
I love being in love, but I also love other things, like not being jealous, overly sensitive, or needy.
The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith.
[The wives of powerful noblemen] must be highly knowledgeable about government, and wise — in fact, far wiser than most other such women in power. The knowledge of a baroness must be so comprehensive that she can understand everything. Of her a philosopher might have said: "No one is wise who does not know some part of everything." Moreover, she must have the courage of a man. This means that she should not be brought up overmuch among women nor should she be indulged in exte…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 40 times in crossword archives (1972–2025).