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overswift

/ˌəʊvəswɪft/

overswift adjective: overly swift.

Adjective

overswift (comparative more overswift, superlative most overswift)

  1. (rare) Overly swift.
    • A strange air of overswift maturity clings about the supreme moment of sixteenth-century art in France.1879, Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, The Renaissance of Art in France, C. Kegan Paul & Company, page 248
    • Exercises which stir up a good strong motion, but not overswift, or to our utmost strength, do not hurt, but rather benefit.1903, Luigi Cornaro, Joseph Addison, Francis Bacon, Sir William Temple, The Art of Living Long;, W.F. Butler, page 126

Forms of overswift

comparativemore overswift
superlativemost overswift
alternative formover-swift

Origin of overswift

From over- + swift.

Questions about overswift

What does overswift mean?
Overswift means overly swift.
What part of speech is overswift?
Overswift is an adjective.
How do you pronounce overswift?
Overswift is pronounced /ˌəʊvəswɪft/.

Words near overswift in the dictionary

  1. overswept
  2. overswerve
  3. overswerved
  4. overswerves
  5. overswerving
  6. overswift
  7. overswiftly
  8. overswim
  9. overswimming
  10. overswims
  11. overswing

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