English-French translations for overly

• excessivement
  Il est excessivement normatif et il manque de souplesse. It is overly prescriptive and lacks flexibility.
  Les demandes d’aide comme celle-ci sont excessivement complexes. Aid applications such as this are overly complicated.
  D'aucuns se sont demandé si nous ne nous montrions pas excessivement critiques. Some people have questioned whether we are not being overly critical.
• trop
  L'article 1 est trop spécifique et trop normatif. Paragraph 1 is overly specific and prescriptive.
  Non, nous ne sommes pas trop critiques. No, we are not being overly critical.

Definition of overly

• To an excessive degree
• Superficially
• Carelessly, without due attention
• With a sense of superiority, haughtily
• Superficial; not thorough; careless, negligent, inattentive
• Having a sense of superiority, haughty
• Excessive; too great

Examples

• Parents can be overly protective of their children.

Related words

• overlying
• overly punctual
• overly bold