high
adjective
having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall.
overhigh
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a word derived from
high.
Example Sentences
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Eventually, FHA hopes to get back around $25 million from builders, who placed overhigh valuations on projects, thus made big profits on deals where Government-insured mortgages exceeded cost of building.
From Time Magazine Archive
None of us holds Rucker overhigh, an' yet we jestifies that husband's action.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton
It was a man’s voice, pitched overhigh; it came from somewhere beyond and below the inclosing curtains and cut off the last of Patsy’s speech.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
Still, a friendly word of caution—and the guard is overhigh!
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
