overpowerfully en · ADV
Etymology
From overpowerful + -ly.
Meanings
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In an overpowerful manner.
The room was still overpowerfully rose-coloured though the last of the sunshine glimmered amber at the windows, catching Mirabel’s long thin legs and turning them golden-brown.
1988, M[argaret] R[eid] D[uncan] Meek, chapter 25, in A Mouthful of Sand (Lennox Kemp; 7), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1989, →ISBN, page 190:Here the mighty proof of Mr. Paine; that which is ſo overpowerfully convincing, and againſt which it would be the extreme of folly to contend, appears to me wholly incompetent for the intended purpoſe.
1795, William Jackson, Observations in Answer to Mr. Thomas Paine’s “Age of Reason”, Dublin: […] G. Folingsby, […], →OCLC, page 75:He is choſen, but conditionally and proviſionally, that if the Mandamus be not diverted, and ſhall be overpowerfully urged, he muſt recede.
1677, [John Worthington], “Some Additionals to Mr. [Joseph] Mede’s Life, […]”, in The Works of the Pious and Profoundly-Learned Joseph Mede, B. D. […], 4th edition, London: […] Roger Norton, for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC, page XXXVII:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most overpowerfully | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more overpowerfully | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |