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Definition of Overglad
1. a. Excessively or unduly glad.
Definition of Overglad
1. Adjective. Excessively or unduly glad. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overglad
1. too glad [adj] - See also: glad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overglad
Literary usage of Overglad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of John Keats by John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman (1900)
"... (2) Perhaps ye are too glad, too overglad. 825. The draft reads ' Into the
long hours', so as to avoid the necessity for scanning hours as a ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1895)
"... write of him that— * * * He wise, and wight, and worthy was, Was never overglad
for no winning, ..."
3. Twelve Great Actors by Edward Robins (1900)
"She was not overglad to depart from the scene of so much glory. " I feel," she
said pathetic ally, " as if I were mounting the first steps of a ladder ..."