overquick
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- overquickly adverb
Etymology
Origin of overquick
Example Sentences
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"That's Mr. Waymark," cried out Master Percy Tootle, when his overquick eyes perceived that the two had seen each other.
From The Unclassed by Gissing, George
But at the top of the second stairs he was overquick for her.
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
As the capitao says, we soldiers are sometimes overquick.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
And one with a vile and overquick temper, as he had proved in Venice.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
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