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overcompensatingly

overcompensatingly adverb: in a way that overcompensates.

Adverb

overcompensatingly (comparative more overcompensatingly, superlative most overcompensatingly)

  1. In a way that overcompensates.
    • And for the first few songs, he was encouragingly, overcompensatingly manic, his good leg pumping, talking up the greatness in store.2015 July 16, Ben Ratliff, “Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage, Including a Broken Leg”, in New York Times

Forms of overcompensatingly

comparativemore overcompensatingly
superlativemost overcompensatingly

Origin of overcompensatingly

From overcompensating + -ly.

Questions about overcompensatingly

What does overcompensatingly mean?
Overcompensatingly means in a way that overcompensates.
What part of speech is overcompensatingly?
Overcompensatingly is an adverb.

Words near overcompensatingly in the dictionary

  1. overcompassionate
  2. overcompensate
  3. overcompensated
  4. overcompensates
  5. overcompensating
  6. overcompensatingly
  7. overcompensation
  8. overcompensations
  9. overcompensative
  10. overcompensator
  11. overcompensators

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