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overswift en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌəʊvəswɪft/

Etymology

From over- + swift.

Meanings

1. (rare) Overly swift.
   • Exercises which stir up a good strong motion, but not overswift, or to our utmost strength, do not hurt, but rather benefit. 1903, Luigi Cornaro, Joseph Addison, Francis Bacon, Sir William Temple, The Art of Living Long;, W.F. Butler, page 126:
   • A strange air of overswift maturity clings about the supreme moment of sixteenth-century art in France. 1879, Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, The Renaissance of Art in France, C. Kegan Paul & Company, page 248:
   • "Well?" said Drummond, whose mind was not overswift. 1910, McClure's Magazine, Volume 35, S.S. McClure, page 171:

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