Meanings
comparative more oversightly · superlative most oversightly
- nonstandardrareOffering a clear and readily grasped overview (of something).
It’s better (more oversightly, less buggy) than the vtesonline engine.
2006 December 6th, Bram Vink, rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad, “Re: Pack Alpha Ponderings” (see the original message)2 more examples
If you don’t like the look, feel and handling of the camera – don’t buy it! I have it, and I like the oversightly LCD display.
1999 November 21st, Henrik Egedorf, rec.photo.equipment.35mm, “Re: Nikon 8008 and N70” (see the original message)[2009 September 9th, Tina Hall]: Very ‘uebersichtlich’…which means it’s easy to over-look (not meaning ‘miss’) and use at a glance, everything in its proper place. I’d translate it as “oversightly”…mean[ing] something like “giving a good oversight of (itself)”.
2009 September 15th, Jonathan L Cunningham, rec.arts.sf.composition, “Re: OT: news reader software” (see the original message)
Origin
- Germanübersichtlich“readily viewable, clearly seen”
- Englishoversightly
First attested in November 1999; a calque of the German übersichtlich (“readily viewable, clearly seen”), equivalent to over- + sight + -ly.
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