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    Too, or more than is good — used in front of an adjective, and sometimes a participle: overly cautious, overly , overly sensitive, overly concerned, not overly impressed. It is an adverb and it needs something to attach to; it cannot stand alone.

    too or more than is good太過、超過好的程度了 used in front of an adjective用在形容詞前面 and sometimes a participle有時也用在分詞前 overly cautious過度謹慎, overly complicated過度複雜, overly sensitive過度敏感, overly concerned過度擔心, not overly impressed不算太驚艷 it is an adverb它是副詞 and it needs something to attach to得依附在別的字上 it cannot stand alone不能單獨使用

    Two things about how it is really used. First, it leans negative: "overly polite" is not a compliment, it means someone was so polite it became uncomfortable.

    two things about how it is really used關於它實際上怎麼用有兩件事 first第一 it leans negative它偏負面 “overly polite”「overly polite」 is not a compliment不是稱讚 it means它是說 someone was so polite it became uncomfortable某人太有禮貌以致於讓人不自在

    Second, it very often appears with "not", as a soft, slightly funny way of saying not much at all — "I'm not overly keen on the idea" means I rather dislike it, said gently. That "not overly" is common in British English especially.

    second第二 it very often appears with “not”它很常跟not一起出現 as a soft, slightly funny way of saying not much at all當作一種委婉又帶點好笑的說法，表示根本沒多少 “I'm not overly keen on the idea”「I'm not overly keen on the idea」 means意思是 I rather dislike it, said gently其實是委婉地說我不太喜歡 that understated “not overly”這種輕描淡寫的not overly is common in British English especially在英式英語裡特別常見

    Careful writers used to attack "overly" and tell people to use the prefix instead (overcautious, not overly cautious), and some older editors still do — but it is thoroughly standard now and no one will correct you.

    careful writers用心的作家 used to attack “overly”以前會批評overly and tell people to use the prefix instead叫人改用字首 (overcautiousovercautious, not overly cautious而不是overly cautious), and some older editors still do有些老編輯現在還是這樣 but it is thoroughly standard now但現在它已經完全是標準用法 and no one will correct you沒有人會糾正你

    In speech, "too" is more common; "overly" sounds a little more careful, a little more written.

    in speech在口語裡 “too”“too” is more common更常見 “overly”“overly” sounds a little more careful, a little more written聽起來比較講究、比較書面

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組成over + -ly. "Over" carries the sense of too much, and "-ly" is the ending that turns a word into an adverb (quick → quickly). So: in a too-much way.

同家族的字

  • overconfidentsame 'over' meaning too much, joined directly instead of with -ly
  • overreactsame 'over' meaning more than the situation deserves

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

overlyadv詞源 1

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    To an excessive degree.

    • Parents can be overly protective of their children.
    • […] considering the circumstances of my situation, I saw it would not do for me to look out for an overly young woman, nor yet would it do for one of my ways to take an elderly maiden, ladies of that sort being liable to possess strong-set particularities.
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    To a high degree; very.

    • I'm not overly enthusiastic about meeting him.
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    obsoleteSuperficially.

    • 1566, Thomas Blundeville, The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London, “The true Arte of Paring, and shooyng all maner of Houes together […] ,” Chapter 5, […] let him not touche the quarters nor the heeles at al, vnlesse it be to make the seat of the shoe playne, & let that be done so superficially or ouerly as maye be, so shall the houes remayne alwayes strong.
    • These kinds of reproofes, not vnfitly may be compared to hotte or hastie healing salues, which drawe a faire skinne ouer a fowle wound; which because it is not soundly cured from the bottome, but ouerly healed vp, doth afterward apostemate or fistulate, and becommeth more dangerous and desperate then euer before.
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    obsoleteCarelessly, without due attention.

    • […] you shall finde this, that all remissenesse, when a man doth a thing remissely, and ouerly, and perfunctorily, it argues alway a diuided intention, it is an argument that the whole minde is not set on it, but that the intention is distracted, and bestowed on other things:
    • If you expect the Poor should work cheaper, and not perform their Work slighter and more overly, as we call it, and superficially, you expect what is not in the Nature of the Thing.
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    obsoleteWith a sense of superiority, haughtily.

    • The third [vice] is Arrogancie, and the fourth Pride, two vices neer a kinne, Cosen germans […] when men shall arrogate much unto themselves; looking overly and superciliously upon others.

overlyadj詞源 2

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    obsoleteSuperficial; not thorough; careless, negligent, inattentive.

    • The curteous Citizen bad me to his feast, With hollow words, and ouerly request: Come, will ye dine with me this Holy day? I yeelded, tho he hop’d I would say Nay:
    • Hee prayeth but with an ouerly desire, and not from the deepe of his heart, that will not bend his endeauours withall to obtaine what he desireth:
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    obsoleteHaving a sense of superiority, haughty.

    • Those that know no better, may rejoyce and exult in these worldly contentments; but those, who have had but a blink of the beauty of heaven, can look upon them no otherwise, than with an overly contemptuousnesse.
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    obsoleteExcessive; too great.

    • […] there appears a very chilling want of open-heartedness on the part of Owen, produced perhaps by the somewhat overly and certainly most ungracious resentments of Baxter.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。