Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an overbearing manner; imperiously; with arrogant effrontery or boldness; dogmatically.
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- adverb In an
overbearing manner.
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- adverb in an overbearing manner
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Examples
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It also amazed me that a force so overbearingly destructive and constantly present in my life could be invisible to others.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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Her overbearingly entitled yuppie brother, Beau (Craig Wallace), clumsily pitches a tent near Johnnie's with girlfriend-of-the-moment Shavondra (Fatima Quander), a clotheshorse who would flee nature faster than you can say "American Express."
'24, 7, 365' review: Perpetual state of angst can be hard to handle 2011
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With its overbearingly charismatic, slo-mo vocal, chomping techno stabs and Roland 303 squiggles twisted into tight new party balloon shapes, this is raw, unbridled fare from a label that's kept up the dark, crunching, nasty end of the dancefloor spectrum for over two decades.
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In other words it's overbearingly up itself, but undeniably beautiful.
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It also amazed me that a force so overbearingly destructive and constantly present in my life could be invisible to others.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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Yes, Alexander Portnoy is a jerk, of a specific entitled, overbearingly insecure sort; but he cops to it, which as his therapist suggests, is the first step in the healing process.
Karen Stabiner: The Philip Roth Reader: Both Of The Great American Pastimes 2010
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This swarm of ideas is overbearingly attached to the fragile construct that is Bizet's opera.
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The appearance of Travolta trying to be evil by way of Hugh Hefner and Tony Manero is funny enough, but the addition of some slapstick later in the film lightens, for the moment at least, what is an overbearingly grim and depressing movie.
Eric’s Top 10 Worst Comic Book Movies Ever » Scene-Stealers 2008
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Wade Williams is overbearingly angry as the Black Mask where as his rants on the page came off as knowingly sarcastic.
Scott Mendelson: Blu Ray Review: Batman: Under the Hood (2010) 2010
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Yes, Alexander Portnoy is a jerk, of a specific entitled, overbearingly insecure sort; but he cops to it, which as his therapist suggests, is the first step in the healing process.
The Philip Roth Reader: Both Of The Great American Pastimes 2010
sionnach commented on the word overbearingly
"When I took the fertility treatments, I never dreamed that we would have septuplets" said Mary, overbearingly.
February 24, 2007