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overzealously

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Misty, perhaps overzealously, constantly tries to befriend and prove herself to the other girls.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2025

He was holding a sound board, overzealously tapping his index finger on a red, doomsday-like button that activated a smoke machine.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2023

For a phone at this price, it handles daily tasks very well, letting me jump quickly between apps and isn’t prone to closing apps in the background overzealously.

From The Verge Feb. 2, 2022

But he appeared to cost himself a chance at gold by celebrating overzealously after he beat Merven Clair of Mauritius 4:1 on Friday to advance to the medal bouts.

From Seattle Times Jul. 31, 2021

The case against them, the article said, was not unlike eight other “witch hunts” in which nurses had been overzealously accused of heinous crimes.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2017