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overstately

overstately adjective: excessively stately.

Adjective

overstately (comparative more overstately, superlative most overstately)

  1. Excessively stately.

Forms of overstately

comparativemore overstately
superlativemost overstately

Origin of overstately

From over- + stately.

Questions about overstately

What does overstately mean?
Overstately means excessively stately.
What part of speech is overstately?
Overstately is an adjective.

Words near overstately in the dictionary

  1. overstarved
  2. overstarving
  3. overstate
  4. overstated
  5. overstatedness
  6. overstately
  7. overstatement
  8. overstatements
  9. overstater
  10. overstaters
  11. overstates

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