Overmuch

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  • adjective. Too much; excessive.
  • adverb. In excess.
  • noun. An excessive amount.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In too great a degree; too much.
  • Too much; exceeding what is necessary or proper.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Too much.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • determiner. very much; too much
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
  • adverb. more than necessary
  • adjective. very great in quantity; overabundant
  • Word Usage
    "I have known her since she was a mite, with a fat, solemn dumpling of a face … Her parents are of the good old conservative type, not believing in overmuch book-knowledge for a girl, and with an eye to a good husband and mother-in-law for the child."