Overly and Pretty

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Overly adverb - Beyond a normal or acceptable limit.

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Pretty and overly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adverb "Overly".

Pretty adverb - To some degree or extent.

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Overly and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overly" instead an adverb "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

In the main Mario games, there's absolutely nothing overly sexual about her character other than that she's pretty.

Source: Self-Fanservice
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As much as Joe can be overly macho and pretty merciless in his teasing of Matt, he is often shown to be a good guy in the end, and truly does love both his brothers.

Source: Series / Brotherly Love
There have been plenty of times in which the similarities in "ripoffs" to more "popular franchises" can be overly vague at best (such as when characters from one franchise look rather similar to someone from a more popular franchise but their backstories are pretty much different).

Source: Mis-blamed

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