overbitterly

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adverb

in an overbitter manner

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverboverbitterly (comparative more overbitterly, superlative most overbitterly)

comparative more overbitterly · superlative most overbitterly

  1. in an overbitter manner

    I just wanted to say this much, for, though dangerous to dwell on in a common way, it seems to me just the sort of help which one's infirmity might need and thankfully receive when the sense of being calumniated comes overbitterly upon us.

    1911, John Henry Newman, William Paine Neville, William John Copeland, The Works of Cardinal Newman, published 1845

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoverbitterli
  2. Englishoverbitterly

From Middle English overbitterli, equivalent to overbitter + -ly.

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APA

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Chicago

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