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overnear

overnear adjective: too near; too close.

Adjective

overnear (comparative more overnear, superlative most overnear)

  1. Too near; too close.
    • Yet not overnear
      Let him approach.1868, Edwin Atherstone, The Fall of Nineveh, volume 2, page 74

Forms of overnear

comparativemore overnear
superlativemost overnear

Origin of overnear

From over- + near.

Questions about overnear

What does overnear mean?
Overnear means too near; too close.
What part of speech is overnear?
Overnear is an adjective.

Words near overnear in the dictionary

  1. overnapping
  2. overnaps
  3. overnarrow
  4. overnarrowly
  5. overnationalization
  6. overnear
  7. overneat
  8. overneatness
  9. overnegation
  10. overneglect
  11. overnegligence

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