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Overfly vs Overly - What's the difference?

overfly | overly |

As a verb overfly

is to fly over something.

As an adverb overly is

to an excessive degree.

As an adjective overly is

careless; negligent; inattentive; superficial; not thorough.

overfly

English

Verb

  • To fly over something.
  • :My family planned to take pictures from the ground as I overflew them in the hot air balloon.
  • To fly too far past something.
  • :The small size of the airstrip meant that pilots would frequently overfly and have to circle back.

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    overly

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    Adverb

    (-)
  • To an excessive degree.
    • Parents can be overly protective of their children.
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    • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superficial; not thorough.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • (obsolete) Excessive; too much.
    • (Coleridge)

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