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overly

/oh-ver-lee/US // ˈoʊ vər li //UK // (ˈəʊvəlɪ) //

过分地,过分,过分的,过度的

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : excessively; too: a voyage not overly dangerous.

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Examples

  • Here is a road map with three paths for how to salvage overly thin sauces, gravies and stews.

  • To be clear, Clubhouse isn’t the only app that is overly aggressive with its connection recommendations.

  • I am a materials scientist seeking solutions for our overly salted sidewalks by analyzing ways in which the natural world deals with ice.

  • He’s not overly big, but he’s learned to play a style of game with patience and with a lot of technique, if you will, for the style of goalie that he is.

  • Marketers of some instructional materials have taken advantage of the situation offering ready-made, and sometimes overly promised, solutions.

  • Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.

  • Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.

  • “This is not about saving Christmas from the secularists, but rather from overly conscientious Christians,” Wilson writes.

  • Suu Kyi also said at a press conference last Wednesday that the U.S. “has been overly optimistic about the reform process.”

  • To call them mediocre, uninspiring, and stale would be overly generous.

  • The greenish suit he wore was filled to capacity with overly developed muscles.

  • "Well said for once, thou overly long one," growled Jorian under his breath.

  • Josh, however, did not look overly well pleased when he heard Buster say this.

  • I fear, Duncan, that friend of mine does not seem overly safe with his gun.

  • As I am not overly anxious to see a master, you may enter as you can.