overcompensatingly

adverb

In a way that overcompensates.

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Meanings

adverbovercompensatingly (comparative more overcompensatingly, superlative most overcompensatingly)

comparative more overcompensatingly · superlative most overcompensatingly

  1. In a way that overcompensates.

    And for the first few songs, he was encouragingly, overcompensatingly manic, his good leg pumping, talking up the greatness in store.

    2015 July 16, Ben Ratliff, “Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage, Including a Broken Leg”, in New York Times

Origin

From overcompensating + -ly.

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APA

overcompensatingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompensatingly

MLA

“overcompensatingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompensatingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcompensatingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompensatingly.

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