overly

🇺🇸 /ˈəʊvərli/ 🇬🇧 /ˈəʊvəli/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000
adverb
C1

more than necessary or desirable; excessively

We think you are being overly optimistic about the project's success.

translation

adv. more than necessary or desirable; excessively