Overapt

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively apt or prone to do something.

    "She was high-minded, generous, affectionate, and naturally gentle; but she was wilful, overapt to be hurried away by the impulse of the moment, and impatient of control; […]"

Example

More examples

"She was high-minded, generous, affectionate, and naturally gentle; but she was wilful, overapt to be hurried away by the impulse of the moment, and impatient of control; […]"

Etymology

From over- + apt.

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