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overweeningly en · ADV

Etymology

From overweening + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an overweening way; arrogantly.
    • At size 8, I had to admit, I was so self-conscious (and secretly, overweeningly proud of it) that often that was all I was. 2005, France Kuffel, “Size and Sensibility”, in Psychology Today, volume 38, number 1, page 64:

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most overweeningly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more overweeningly Degree=Cmp lexicographic