overweeningly

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adverb

In an overweening way; arrogantly.

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Meanings

adverboverweeningly (comparative more overweeningly, superlative most overweeningly)

comparative more overweeningly · superlative most overweeningly

  1. In an overweening way; arrogantly.

    At size 8, I had to admit, I was so self-conscious (and secretly, overweeningly proud of it) that often that was all I was.

    2005, France Kuffel, “Size and Sensibility”, in Psychology Today, volume 38, number 1, page 64

Origin

From overweening + -ly.

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Chicago

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

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