Definition of Overweeningly

1. Adverb. In an overweening way; arrogantly. ¹

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Definition of Overweeningly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overweeningly

overwearied
overwearies
overwearing
overwears
overweary
overwearying
overweather
overweathered
overweathering
overweathers
overween
overweened
overweener
overweeners
overweening
overweeningly (current term)
overweeningness
overweens
overweigh
overweighed
overweighing
overweighs
overweight
overweighted
overweighting
overweights
overwell
overwelled
overwelling
overwells

Literary usage of Overweeningly

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

1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"... overweeningly daring, trusting too much in his own strength, allowed the enemy to cross by the bridge (probably one of stepping-stones which would be ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He could easily cow the feeble emperors; he could and did dictate orders overweeningly to the other Eastern patriarchs, but he knew that he could not ..."

3. The Bookman (1910)
"George Rand, Jn, is overweeningly ambitious and longs for the larger opportunities of advancement in New York. His sisters and his mother are eager to break ..."

4. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"... who was an able seaman before the mast and young enough to be overweeningly proud of it, was willing to condescend to ship as cabin-boy in order to make ..."

5. A History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1860)
"... yet they were all so overweeningly confident, that they hoped to get the definitive promise by the twenty third of October, in season to announce it at ..."

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