overbearingly
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7.9
- adverb
- /ˌoʊvərˈbɛrɪŋli/
- The manager's overbearingly demanding nature made it difficult for the team to feel comfortable voicing their ideas.
Examples
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The Williams community, while athletic, isn't overbearingly so.
Blog text (18) -
Like those guys are so overbearingly ambitious, you know?
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It's still huge but doesn't seem so overbearingly massive right.
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Am I overbearingly aggressive?
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One of the thorny problems facing researchers in comparative rhetoric is how to describe non-Western rhetorical practices by using their terms and concepts when the latter are not readily available, and when "canonical" terms from the West are overbearingly present.
Academic text (2003) -
He spoke overbearingly, making it clear that he expected everyone to follow his rules.
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She tends to overbearingly interfere in her friends' decisions, often discouraging them from following their own paths.
Synonyms
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6.6
Behave in a proud, unfriendly way to show you feel better than others
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8.6
To speak in a commanding way that expects people to obey
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9.1
In a strong controlling way that ignores other people's opinions
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9.2
In a way that shows you feel better than other people
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4.6
In a way that tells people what to do
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8.2
In a way that treats other people as unimportant and ignores their views
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8.1
In a way that shows someone wants to control other people
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9.9
To act in a very proud way that ignores other people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
overbearingly = overbearing (transparent) = over + bear + ing + ly
The adverb is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'overbearing' plus the productive adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Overbearingly comes from over- 'too much' and bear 'to carry or press', so imagine someone 'pressing down' on others with their words. That's why to act overbearingly means being bossy, arrogant, or too controlling.