overwilling

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adjective

Excessively willing; too keen.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverwilling (comparative more overwilling, superlative most overwilling)

comparative more overwilling · superlative most overwilling

  1. Excessively willing; too keen.

    His detractors accused him of being overwilling to assuage Moscow in his desire to salvage détente, an effort, embraced by West Germany and France, to ensure peace through stronger political and economic ties with Moscow.

    2015 November 10, Jonathan Kandell, “Helmut Schmidt, Assertive West German Chancellor, Dies at 96”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + willing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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