overhardly en · ADV
Etymology
From overhard + -ly.
Meanings
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(obsolete) In an overhard way; by means which are too difficult.
Truely they have reason to require of the pacient an application of favourable confidence in them: which must necessarily be in good earnest, and yeelding to apply it self unto imaginations, overhardly to be believed.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most overhardly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more overhardly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |