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Grammar : Adj, adv, noun

Spell : oh-ver-muhch

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˈmʌtʃ

Definition of overmuch

Origin : "too great in amount," c.1300, over- + much (q.v.). As an adverb from late 14c. Old English had cognate ofermicel.

adj excessive
adv unduly
noun surplus

Example sentences :

I have overmuch need for your swords that you should turn them upon each other.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Between friends, there is overmuch of the hangman in him, and too little of the prince.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But even if he did discover it, I did not think that it would tell him overmuch.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

It was not a matter for their comrades to pry into overmuch.
Extract from : « The Point Of Honor » by Joseph Conrad

"Too coyly for him to credit her with overmuch tenderness," suggested the bridegroom.
Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin

I'm thinkin' your compositor hasn't had overmuch experience.
Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

You had better not begin to praise them overmuch, or I shall be jealous.
Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade

I do not like to see a cheek as young as yours pale with overmuch thought.
Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz

He was a very proud and a very sensitive man, not blessed with overmuch patience.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

It was well that there was not overmuch light, for they could not consume it elegantly.
Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe

Synonyms for overmuch

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