Definition of Overfree

1. a. Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.

Definition of Overfree

1. Adjective. Too liberal or familiar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overfree

1. too free [adj] - See also: free

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfree

overfocused
overfocuses
overfocusing
overfocussed
overfocusses
overfocussing
overfold
overfolds
overfond
overfondly
overfondness
overforce
overforward
overfoul
overfrank
overfree (current term)
overfreight
overfreighted
overfreighting
overfreights
overfrequent
overfriendliness
overfriendly
overfriezed
overfront
overfronted
overfronting
overfronts
overfruitful

Literary usage of Overfree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philip Van Artevelde: A Dramatic Romance, in Two Parts by Henry Taylor (1835)
"... as superscribed ; And should mishap occur to any one Upon the road, which is not overfree, I charge me with ten masses for his soul. (To another. ..."

2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... Another's tongue is rough and overfree, Let's call it bluntness and sincerity; Another's choleric — him we must screen, As cursed with feelings for his ..."

3. A History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria by Benjamin Stites Terry (1908)
"He had made many promises: he would not use the church lands for gain; he would abolish the wrongs sprung of the overfree exercise of the authority of the ..."

4. Agricultural Economics by Henry Charles Taylor (1919)
"The farm being found satisfactory, make sure that the landlord is a fair-minded man, capable of giving good advice but not overfree with his suggestions nor ..."

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