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Overly vs Vastly - What's the difference?

overly | vastly |

As adverbs the difference between overly and vastly

is that overly is to an excessive degree while vastly is greatly, in a vast manner.

As an adjective overly

is (obsolete) careless; negligent; inattentive; superficial; not thorough.

overly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • To an excessive degree.
    • Parents can be overly protective of their children.
  • *
    • 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)

    Anagrams

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    vastly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Greatly, in a vast manner.
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    Synonyms

    * exceedingly, extremely, highly, immensely, supremely, tremendously