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overearnestly en · ADV

Etymology

From overearnest + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an overearnest manner.
   • At the other extreme, last year's Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urbain by Reinhold Kramer focused (rather overearnestly) on Richler's writing itself. 2009 April 26, Nathan Whitlock, “Few laughs to be found in dour life of Mordecai”, in Toronto Star:

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