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ˈover-ˈlarge, a.
[over- 28.]
Too large; of excessive magnitude or extent; excessive.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 373/2 Whoso do interprete his necessitie ouer large, or differre [etc.]. 1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer i. (1577) D iij, This is ouerlarge a scope of matters. 1647D. Digges Unlawf. Taking Arms ii. 47 This immunity is overlarge by our owne confession. 1890Spectator 31 May, A big shop, an over-large estate.
So ˈover-ˈlargely adv.; ˈover-ˈlargeness.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 81 To be parciall of my pen, and to do that I did not ouer largely. 1867Bushnell Mor. Uses Dark Th. 89 He will not let us keep ourselves on hand over-largely. 1725Cheyne Health ii. §1 Viscidity in the Juices, or the over-largeness of their constituent particles. |