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overhardly

overhardly adverb: in an overhard way; by means which are too difficult.

Adverb

overhardly (comparative more overhardly, superlative most overhardly)

  1. (obsolete) In an overhard way; by means which are too difficult.
    • Truely they have reason to require of the pacient an application of favourable confidence in them: which must necessarily be in good earnest, and yeelding to apply it self unto imaginations, overhardly to be believed.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of overhardly

comparativemore overhardly
superlativemost overhardly

Origin of overhardly

From overhard + -ly.

Questions about overhardly

What does overhardly mean?
Overhardly means in an overhard way; by means which are too difficult.
What part of speech is overhardly?
Overhardly is an adverb.

Words near overhardly in the dictionary

  1. overhard
  2. overharden
  3. overhardened
  4. overhardening
  5. overhardens
  6. overhardly
  7. overhardness
  8. overhardy
  9. overharsh
  10. overharshly
  11. overharshness

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