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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overcompensatingly en · ADV

Etymology

From overcompensating + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a way that overcompensates.
    • And for the first few songs, he was encouragingly, overcompensatingly manic, his good leg pumping, talking up the greatness in store. 2015 July 16, Ben Ratliff, “Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage, Including a Broken Leg”, in New York Times:

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most overcompensatingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more overcompensatingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic