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Overmuch

adverb

More than necessary. Synonym: too much. "Let's not blame them overmuch"

adjective

Very great in quantity; overabundant.

noun

A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. Synonyms: overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance. "We received an inundation of email"

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... an editorial be sentimental about something besides the starry flag and the boyhood of its party's candidate? Original? I shouldn't worry overmuch about that. All my time would be occupied in trying to be interesting. After I got 'em interested, I could perhaps be instructive. Very cautiously, though. But always man to man: that's the editorial trick, as I see it. Not ...

— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... respect. Anonyma never talked with us, though she occasionally 'Had a Good Talk.' She never played, but sometimes suggested 'Having a Good Game.' It's different, somehow. You, Older and Wiser without being too old or too wise, might impress Jay a lot, I think, because you don't say overmuch. And I want you to tell her something of what ...

— This Is the End • Stella Benson

... with his readiness to accept all the ill spoken of her, is at once shown in his reference to Claire, who was the daughter of the second Mrs. Godwin by her first husband, and hence no relation whatever to Mrs. Shelley. This mistake proves that he relied overmuch upon current gossip. ...

— Mary Wollstonecraft • Elizabeth Robins Pennell

... not trust me overmuch," said he, as he entered the cavern; "but it is morning, now, and the mischief is done. You cannot visit the ...

— A Kidnapped Santa Claus • L. Frank Baum

... full of those who repent them of their excesses, its Paradise represented by a hymn to the Virgin, suggests what manner of role, and how real a one, religion might have played in your luxurious existence. But, for the most part, the religiosity of your music recalls overmuch the fashionable confessor's. You bring consolation, doubtlessly. But you bring it by choice into the boudoir. You speak sadly of the cruel winds of lust. You dwell on the example of the pious St. Elizabeth of Hungary. You spread your hands ...

— Musical Portraits - Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers • Paul Rosenfeld

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