ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overquietness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overquietness is a noun meaning Excessive quietness.

Meaning

Excessive quietness.

Example Sentences

To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in overquietness, and no laboriousness in labour; and to tread a mile after the slow pace of a snail […] were a most tiring pennance, and worse than a race of some furlongs at the Olympicks.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disquietude, disquietment, hushedness, unquietness, unquietude, disquietedness.

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