Meanings
adverboverearnestly (comparative more overearnestly, superlative most overearnestly)
comparative more overearnestly · superlative most overearnestly
- In an overearnest manner.
At the other extreme, last year's Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urbain by Reinhold Kramer focused (rather overearnestly) on Richler's writing itself.
2009 April 26, Nathan Whitlock, “Few laughs to be found in dour life of Mordecai”, in Toronto Star
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APA
overearnestly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overearnestly
MLA
“overearnestly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overearnestly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overearnestly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overearnestly.
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