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ˈover-ˈstrong, a. [over- 28.] Too strong, excessively strong (in various senses: see strong).
a1225Ancr. R. 294 Ne þerf hit nout beon so ouerstrong ase his [salue] was. 1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. Theatr. Chem. Brit. (1652) 73 Or Venamous, stinking, or over-stronge. 1671Milton Samson 1590 O lastly over-strong against thy self! 1897Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 74 This is not an overstrong statement. So ˈover-ˈstrongly adv.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 370 Shou'd this effort be over-strongly express'd..the figure wou'd seem to speak. |