Word.ws English Dictionary

overeagerly

overeagerly adverb: in an overeager manner.

Adverb

overeagerly (comparative more overeagerly, superlative most overeagerly)

  1. In an overeager manner.

Forms of overeagerly

comparativemore overeagerly
superlativemost overeagerly

Origin of overeagerly

From Middle English overegreli, ouer egirly, equivalent to overeager + -ly.

Questions about overeagerly

What does overeagerly mean?
Overeagerly means in an overeager manner.
What part of speech is overeagerly?
Overeagerly is an adverb.

Words near overeagerly in the dictionary

  1. overdyed
  2. overdyeing
  3. overdyes
  4. overdying
  5. overeager
  6. overeagerly
  7. overeagerness
  8. overearnest
  9. overearnestly
  10. overearnestness
  11. overeasily

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: overeagerly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “overeagerly.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/overeagerly. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.