Meaning

Overly well..

Definitions by Sense

1. Overly well.
2. Overly healthy and robust.
3. To overflow.
4. To experience such strong emotion that it cannot be contained.
5. To fill with a crescendo of sound.
6. To flow over; to overrun.

Example Sentences

I remember my father saying that a wise man should always mistrust a girl who kisses overwell.

In my own case, as I was saying, I not only pay the fare of my clerk and his family from Colorado, but I have had an assistant with him constantly since I have been here, and a great deal of the time I have had a third assistant, and yet I have not felt myself overwell served, though I have the most efficient clerk in Congress; nor do I believe there is a Member of this House that believes he is overwell served by services he has from one clerk.

Boadicea seemed to be hesitating for a moment, whilst Sir Baldwin remained coldly neutral, determined not to interfere again in women's affairs; his interference not having succeeded overwell hitherto.

I don't think him overwell. He is more worried than I like to see him by his small enemies – the fleas of Farringford- Woodford.

Shankaran is not overwell. Mira seems to have become ill on the high altitude and is due in Birla House tomorrow.

The GOP also devoted considerable attention to 'invalid' girls and chronic cases, those who were 'never overwell', tired, subject to low spirits, aches and pains, and who had little inclination for exercise.

Then sit in silence down, and brooding dwell, Through the slow years, on all we loved, and tell Each tone, each look of love, each syllable, With lips that work, with eyes that overwell!

Then, after going round a little, with surprise of daylight, the water overwelled the edge, and softly went through lines of light to shadows and an untold bourne.

Word Forms

• more overwell
• most overwell
• overwells
• overwelling
• overwelled

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