Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlightly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overlight-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overlight manner; too easily or readily; frivolously

Dated

Example Sentences

"A prudent man doth not overlightly beleeve any thing, but laieth aside all reputation and credit of him that speaketh, and examineth the speech by it selfe: […]"
"Mrs. Burton's conscience smote her not overlightly, and she hastened to change the subject, and to devote herself assiduously to Budge, as if to atone for some injury which she might have done to his brother."
"In short, it is said to do more for builders than agriculturists, and has been, let us hope, overlightly named " The Freemasons' Refuge.""
"I have heard it said that in these days young people speak overlightly of divorce."
"They had assumed overlightly that all the twists of seal law had become outmoded tortuosities, and then they barked their shins on one which was instead a taut and bearing rope."

Etymology

From Middle English overlyghtly, over-lightly, equivalent to over- + lightly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: overlyghtly

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more overlightly (comparative) most overlightly (superlative)

Questions

What does overlightly mean?: In an overlight manner; too easily or readily; frivolously
Where does overlightly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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