OVERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overly mean? 

• OVERLY (adverb)
  The adverb OVERLY has 1 sense:

1. to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

  Familiarity information: OVERLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

Synonyms:

excessively; overly; to a fault; too

Context example:

too big

 Context examples 

Don’t become overly stuck on those days, though.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If researchers can identify the mechanisms behind how overactive memory can become silent, they may find a way to inhibit overly strong, negative memories.

(New Study Challenges Assumptions about How Memories Are Made, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mice lacking the c-Fos gene have overly dense bone and decreased bone resorption due to reduced osteoclast differentiation, indicating that c-Fos is an important mediator of osteoclast differentiation.

(Bone Remodeling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The research team discovered that oxygen-sensing proteins, called prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD) proteins, act within T cells to prevent overly strong immune responses to harmless particles that frequently enter the lung.

(Oxygen can impair cancer immunotherapy in mice, NIH)

Meth at first causes a rush of good feelings, but then users feel edgy, overly excited, angry, or afraid.

(Methamphetamine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Don’t be overly concerned about the rise in spending.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I say this fully mindful that Mercury will still be retrograde until November 20, so hopefully, the promise you make is a little one, not one that is overly serious and legally binding.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I know you are not an overly materialistic soul, but everyone needs money to live to enjoy a certain level of comfort.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Neptune will be close to the Sun and new moon on February 23 but won’t be overly close—that suggests your creativity and ability to generate ideas will form a large part of the foundation of the new job (or the assignment or endeavor you are discussing).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may have had a bully in your life, or you may have expected too much and overly criticized a subordinate who reports to you, perhaps because there was too much pressure on you from the top. Once Pluto and Saturn reach an apex on January 12, they will slowly begin to separate, and you will start to see this aspect decline in strength.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)