English Dictionary

overly

副詞

比較不可 禁用 時々 廃用

(sometimes proscribed) To an excessive degree. / (obsolete) Superficially. / (obsolete) Carelessly, without due attention. / (obsolete) With a sense of superiority, haughtily.

日本語の意味

過度に、過剰に / 表面的に（古い用法） / いい加減に、注意を払わずに（古い用法） / 高慢に、傲慢に（古い用法）

She was overly cautious about signing the contract, missing a chance to expand the business.

彼女は契約書に署名することに対して過度に慎重で、事業を拡大する機会を逃した。

意味（1）

(sometimes proscribed) To an excessive degree.

Parents can be overly protective of their children.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Superficially.

[…] let him not touche the quarters nor the heeles at al, vnlesse it be to make the seat of the shoe playne, & let that be done so superficially or ouerly as maye be, so shall the houes remayne alwayes strong.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Carelessly, without due attention.

[…] you shall finde this, that all remissenesse, when a man doth a thing remissely, and ouerly, and perfunctorily, it argues alway a diuided intention, it is an argument that the whole minde is not set on it, but that the intention is distracted, and bestowed on other things:

意味（4）

(obsolete) With a sense of superiority, haughtily.

The third [vice] is Arrogancie, and the fourth Pride, two vices neer a kinne, Cosen germans […] when men shall arrogate much unto themselves; looking overly and superciliously upon others.