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Antonyms for overmuch


Grammar : Adj, adv, noun
Spell : oh-ver-muhch
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˈmʌtʃ



Definition of overmuch

Origin :
  • "too great in amount," c.1300, over- + much (q.v.). As an adverb from late 14c. Old English had cognate ofermicel.
  • adj excessive
  • adv unduly
  • noun surplus
Example sentences :
  • I have overmuch need for your swords that you should turn them upon each other.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Between friends, there is overmuch of the hangman in him, and too little of the prince.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But even if he did discover it, I did not think that it would tell him overmuch.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • It was not a matter for their comrades to pry into overmuch.
  • Extract from : « The Point Of Honor » by Joseph Conrad
  • "Too coyly for him to credit her with overmuch tenderness," suggested the bridegroom.
  • Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin
  • I'm thinkin' your compositor hasn't had overmuch experience.
  • Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler
  • You had better not begin to praise them overmuch, or I shall be jealous.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
  • I do not like to see a cheek as young as yours pale with overmuch thought.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • He was a very proud and a very sensitive man, not blessed with overmuch patience.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • It was well that there was not overmuch light, for they could not consume it elegantly.
  • Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe

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