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overthrifty

overthrifty adjective: excessively thrifty.

Adjective

overthrifty (comparative more overthrifty, superlative most overthrifty)

  1. Excessively thrifty.

Forms of overthrifty

comparativemore overthrifty
superlativemost overthrifty

Origin of overthrifty

From over- + thrifty.

Questions about overthrifty

What does overthrifty mean?
Overthrifty means excessively thrifty.
What part of speech is overthrifty?
Overthrifty is an adjective.

Words near overthrifty in the dictionary

  1. overthoughtful
  2. overthoughtfulness
  3. overthoughts
  4. overthrew
  5. overthriftiness
  6. overthrifty
  7. overthrong
  8. overthronged
  9. overthronging
  10. overthrongs
  11. overthrow

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