Overly
Overly adverb - Beyond a normal or acceptable limit.
Rotten
Rotten adjective - Having undergone organic breakdown.
Overly and rotten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overly" instead an adverb "Rotten".
Nearby Words: rottenness, rottenly
Both words in one sentence
- By the time he recovers his memory, Fenton's overly stingy version of him opens his eyes to some of his more rotten characteristics.
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