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overemphatically

overemphatically adverb: in an overemphatic manner.

Adverb

overemphatically (comparative more overemphatically, superlative most overemphatically)

  1. In an overemphatic manner.
    • They were read imprecisely but overemphatically by Lillias White (“Unimaginable, unimaginable horrors.2007 October 6, The New York Times, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times

Forms of overemphatically

comparativemore overemphatically
superlativemost overemphatically

Origin of overemphatically

From overemphatic + -ally.

Questions about overemphatically

What does overemphatically mean?
Overemphatically means in an overemphatic manner.
What part of speech is overemphatically?
Overemphatically is an adverb.

Words near overemphatically in the dictionary

  1. overemphasize
  2. overemphasized
  3. overemphasizes
  4. overemphasizing
  5. overemphatic
  6. overemphatically
  7. overemploy
  8. overemployed
  9. overemploying
  10. overemployment
  11. overemploys

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