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oversightly

oversightly adjective: offering a clear and readily grasped overview (of something).

Adjective

oversightly (comparative more oversightly, superlative most oversightly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Offering a clear and readily grasped overview (of something).
    • If you don’t like the look, feel and handling of the camera – don’t buy it! I have it, and I like the oversightly LCD display.1999 November 21st, Henrik Egedorf, rec.photo.equipment.35mm, “Re: Nikon 8008 and N70” (see the original message)
    • It’s better (more oversightly, less buggy) than the vtesonline engine.2006 December 6th, Bram Vink, rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad, “Re: Pack Alpha Ponderings” (see the original message)

Forms of oversightly

comparativemore oversightly
superlativemost oversightly

Origin of oversightly

First attested in November 1999; a calque of the German übersichtlich (“readily viewable, clearly seen”), equivalent to over- + sight + -ly.

Questions about oversightly

What does oversightly mean?
Oversightly means offering a clear and readily grasped overview (of something).
What part of speech is oversightly?
Oversightly is an adjective.

Words near oversightly in the dictionary

  1. oversight
  2. oversighted
  3. oversighter
  4. oversighters
  5. oversighting
  6. oversightly
  7. oversights
  8. oversignal
  9. oversignaled
  10. oversignaling
  11. oversignalled

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