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overliterary

overliterary adjective: excessively literary.

Adjective

overliterary (comparative more overliterary, superlative most overliterary)

  1. Excessively literary.

Forms of overliterary

comparativemore overliterary
superlativemost overliterary

Origin of overliterary

From over- + literary.

Questions about overliterary

What does overliterary mean?
Overliterary means excessively literary.
What part of speech is overliterary?
Overliterary is an adjective.

Words near overliterary in the dictionary

  1. overlistening
  2. overlistens
  3. overlit
  4. overliteral
  5. overliterally
  6. overliterary
  7. overliterate
  8. overlitigate
  9. overlitigated
  10. overlitigates
  11. overlitigating

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