Overbitterly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an overbitter manner

    "I just wanted to say this much, for, though dangerous to dwell on in a common way, it seems to me just the sort of help which one's infirmity might need and thankfully receive when the sense of being calumniated comes overbitterly upon us."

Example

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"I just wanted to say this much, for, though dangerous to dwell on in a common way, it seems to me just the sort of help which one's infirmity might need and thankfully receive when the sense of being calumniated comes overbitterly upon us."

Etymology

From Middle English overbitterli, equivalent to overbitter + -ly.

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