Overly
Overly adverb - Beyond a normal or acceptable limit.
Sufficiently and overly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sufficiently" instead an adverb "Overly".
Sufficiently
Sufficiently adverb - In or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction.
Overly and sufficiently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overly" instead an adverb "Sufficiently".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Overly Long Gag: Four full pages of nothing but the word "meow." Parking Payback: The Nimrogs, a highly violent species of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, are revealed to have fought themselves into extinction (save one) in a 300-year-old civil war that originally started over a parking space.
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