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overzealously en · ADV

Etymology

From overzealous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an overzealous way; with excessive zeal.
   • Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls. 2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021:
   • Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied. 2007 July 3, Siobhan Roberts, “It Will Take More Than a Wolf to Blow One House Down”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

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