overliness

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UK/ˈəʊvəlɪnəs/US/ˈoʊvəɹlɪnəs/

noun

Carelessness, inattentiveness, negligence.

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Meanings

nounoverliness (uncountable)
  1. The quality or state of being overly.
    1. obsoleteuncountableCarelessness, inattentiveness, negligence.
    2. obsoleteuncountableA sense of superiority; haughtiness.

      VVould God ouerlineſſe and contempt vvere not yours, euen to them vvhich are mounted higheſt vpon beſt deſert; […]

      1610, Jos[eph] Hall, “Section II. The Answerers Preamble.”, in A Common Apologie of the Church of England: Against the Uniust Challenges of the Ouer-iust Sect, Commonly Called Brownists. […], London: […] [William Stansby] for Samuel Macham, […], →OCLC, page 4

Origin

From overly + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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