Overweeningly vs Overweening - What's the difference?
overweeningly | overweening | Derived terms |
In an overweening way; arrogantly.
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
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*1870 ,
*:No success rendered him overweening and no disaster was ever known to stagger his firmness.
*1908 , Frederic Bancroft and William A. Dunning,
*:The Senate was displaying an overweening hauteur as if it were the government.
Exaggerated, excessive
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An excessively high opinion of oneself or one's abilities; presumption, arrogance.
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*:Let us suppresse this over-weening .
Overweeningly is a derived term of overweening.
As a adverb overweeningly
is in an overweening way; arrogantly.As a adjective overweening is
unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.As a noun overweening is
an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's abilities; presumption, arrogance.As a verb overweening is
(overween).overweeningly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- At size 8, I had to admit, I was so self-conscious (and secretly, overweeningly proud of it) that often that was all I was.'' — France Kuffel, ''Size and Sensibility , Psychology Today, Vol. 38, Iss. 1; pg. 64, 5 pgs, Jan/Feb, 2005
overweening
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Here's an overweening rogue.
- She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she's overweening .
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