overpowerfully

overpowerfully

English

Etymology

From overpowerful +‎ -ly.

Adverb

overpowerfully (comparative more overpowerfully, superlative most overpowerfully)

  1. In an overpowerful manner.
    Synonyms: overpoweredly, overpoweringly
    • 1677, [John Worthington], “Some Additionals to Mr. [Joseph] Mede’s Life, […]”, in The Works of the Pious and Profoundly-Learned Joseph Mede, B. D. […], 4th edition, London: […] Roger Norton, for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC, page XXXVII:
      He is choſen, but conditionally and proviſionally, that if the Mandamus be not diverted, and ſhall be overpowerfully urged, he muſt recede.
      Hyphenated as over-powerfully in the 3rd edition (1672).
    • 1795, William Jackson, Observations in Answer to Mr. Thomas Paine’s “Age of Reason”, Dublin: […] G. Folingsby, […], →OCLC, page 75:
      Here the mighty proof of Mr. Paine; that which is ſo overpowerfully convincing, and againſt which it would be the extreme of folly to contend, appears to me wholly incompetent for the intended purpoſe.
    • 1988, M[argaret] R[eid] D[uncan] Meek, chapter 25, in A Mouthful of Sand (Lennox Kemp; 7), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1989, →ISBN, page 190:
      The room was still overpowerfully rose-coloured though the last of the sunshine glimmered amber at the windows, catching Mirabel’s long thin legs and turning them golden-brown.
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