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Pronunciation:  'owvurlee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adv]  to an excessive degree; "too big"
 
 Synonyms: excessively, too
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \O"ver*ly\, a.
    1. Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not
       thorough. [Archaic] --Bp. Hall.
    
    2. Excessive; too much. [R.] --Coleridge.
    
    
  2. \O"ver*ly\, adv.
    In an overly manner. [Archaic]
    
    
 
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