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overpoweredly

overpoweredly adverb: in an overpowering manner.

Adverb

overpoweredly (comparative more overpoweredly, superlative most overpoweredly)

  1. (rare) In an overpowering manner.
    • 15. ἀναστενάξας, having heaved a deep groan, as though strangely and overpoweredly affected by the feel of the arrow.1830, T. W. C. Edwards, “Ode XLV. On the Arrows of Cupid.”, in […] The Odes of Anacreon the Teian Bard, Literally Translated into English Prose; […], London: […] W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, […]...
    • Senator [Ernest] Lundeen. There was not any large percentage that would be unwilling to serve their country if the country was at war, was there? Mr. Kempton. Well, sir, there was not, but I would say the majority were not overpoweredly anxious to go into action, I will say that.1938, “Statement of Murray Kempton, Editor, Johns Hopkins University News Letter”, in American Youth Act: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate...

Synonyms of overpoweredly

Forms of overpoweredly

comparativemore overpoweredly
superlativemost overpoweredly

Origin of overpoweredly

From overpowered + -ly.

Questions about overpoweredly

What does overpoweredly mean?
Overpoweredly means in an overpowering manner.
What part of speech is overpoweredly?
Overpoweredly is an adverb.

Words near overpoweredly in the dictionary

  1. overpowdering
  2. overpowders
  3. overpower
  4. overpowerable
  5. overpowered
  6. overpoweredly
  7. overpoweredness
  8. overpowerer
  9. overpowerers
  10. overpowerest
  11. overpowereth

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