Overmuch
[əʊvə'mʌtʃ] or [,ovɚ'mʌtʃ]
Definition
(adj.) very great in quantity; overabundant; 'showed overmuch affection' .
(adv.) more than necessary; 'she eats too much'; 'let's not blame them overmuch'.
Checker: Norris--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Too much.
(adv.) In too great a degree; too much.
(n.) An excess; a surplus.
Checked by Balder
Definition
adj. and adv. too much.
Inputed by Angela
Examples
- I know enough about him not to trust him overmuch, replied Crispin coolly; but with regard to your scheme and his scheme— Yes? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There's been overmuch coming back of late years, and I should of a certainty be hanged if took. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Tan't easy overmuch t' know wheer t' turn, but a good heart will coom to me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Overmuch indeed! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I need 't overmuch. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He has long had money (not overmuch as I make out) in trust to dole out to her when she can't do without it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The feasts there were of the grandest in London, but there was not overmuch content therewith, except among the guests who sat at my lord's table. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not overmuch,' replied Charlotte. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She feared them and despised them, and respected their activities even overmuch. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Rumour, busy overmuch, however, will not go down into Lincolnshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Lyman