overliness

From overly +‎ -ness.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəlɪnəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvəɹlɪnəs/
• Hyphenation: over‧li‧ness

overliness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The quality or state of being overly.
   1. Carelessness, inattentiveness, negligence.
   2. A sense of superiority; haughtiness.
      • 1610, Jos[eph] Hall, “A Common Apologie of the Church of England, against the Uniust Challenges of the Over-iust Sect, Commonly Called Brownists. […]”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published and are Nowe Reuised, Corrected, Augmented. […], London: […] [Humfrey Lownes] for Arthur Iohnson, Samuel Macham and Laurence Lisle, published 1615, →OCLC, section 2, page 721:

        VVould God ouerlineſſe and contempt vvere not yours, euen to them vvhich are mounted higheſt vpon beſt deſert; […]

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