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overquick

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[oh-ver-kwik] / ˈoʊ vərˈkwɪk /

adjective

  1. too quick.

    Let's not be overquick to criticize.


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Etymology

Origin of overquick

First recorded in 1530–40; over- + quick


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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 George Gissing

But at the top of the second stairs he was overquick for her.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

As the capitao says, we soldiers are sometimes overquick.

From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel

And one with a vile and overquick temper, as he had proved in Venice.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea

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