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Overweeningly is the adverb: in a way that is too proud and too sure, with that same cool . Someone can speak overweeningly. A plan can be overweeningly ambitious. You will not hear this much in daily chat — it lives in reviews and serious writing. If you need the everyday word, too proudly or arrogantly will do; this one is the dressed-up version of the same . It does not mean overwhelmingly. That is a different word with a different job.
過於自負地;妄自尊大地
組成overweening + -ly (makes an adverb: in that way).
同家族的字
- overweeningthe adjective this adverb is built from
原始詞典資料1 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。
overweeninglyadv
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In an overweening way; arrogantly.
- At size 8, I had to admit, I was so self-conscious (and secretly, overweeningly proud of it) that often that was all I was.
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。