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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overstately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-state-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively stately.

Etymology

From over- + stately.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overstately (comparative) most overstately (superlative)

Questions

What does overstately mean?
Excessively stately.
Where does overstately come from?
From over- + stately.

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