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Definition of "overmuch" []
- Too much; excessive. (adjective)
- In excess. (adverb)
- An excessive amount. (noun)
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Use "overmuch" in a sentence
- "I have known her since she was a mite, with a fat, solemn dumpling of a face … Her parents are of the good old conservative type, not believing in overmuch book-knowledge for a girl, and with an eye to a good husband and mother-in-law for the child."
- "As long as the bandsmen were playing then the British Battalions were not suffering overmuch from the French bombardment."
- "Kira stressed the word perhaps overmuch, but she meant it to burn."