overearnestly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]overearnest + -ly
Adverb
[edit]overearnestly (comparative more overearnestly, superlative most overearnestly)
- In an overearnest manner.
- 2009 April 26, Nathan Whitlock, “Few laughs to be found in dour life of Mordecai”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- At the other extreme, last year's Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urbain by Reinhold Kramer focused (rather overearnestly) on Richler's writing itself.