overzealously

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adverb

In an overzealous way; with excessive zeal.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

adverboverzealously (comparative more overzealously, superlative most overzealously)

comparative more overzealously · superlative most overzealously

  1. In an overzealous way; with excessive zeal.

    Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied.

    2007 July 3, Siobhan Roberts, “It Will Take More Than a Wolf to Blow One House Down”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
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    Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.

    2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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