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单词 over-favourably
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over-favourablyover-favorablyadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfeɪv(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfeɪvər(ə)bli/, /ˌoʊvərˈfeɪvrəbli/
Forms: see over- prefix and favourably adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, favourably adv.
Etymology: < over- prefix + favourably adv. Compare earlier overfavourable adj.
In an excessively favourable way.
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a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 164 Fearing..that he should deale somewhat ouer-fauourably with himselfe.
1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder II. xiii. 191 It is nat'ral..for people to look over-favourably at them they love.
1967 Philos. Q. 17 72 Christianity compares not over-favourably with..Hellenism.
2000 Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. Few surveyors would be willing to report over-favourably.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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