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• n  a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
• s  very great in quantity; overabundant
  showed overmuch affection
• r  more than necessary
  let's not blame them overmuch

• His policies will be nuanced and will not please anyone overmuch not the Muslims (nor the Israelis) nor our NATO allies nor those Americans seeking ideological clarity or .
• The expression had great vogue for a considerable period beginning in 1933 and caught the popular fancy because up to that time government had not depended overmuch upon brains .
• The folks in Flint needn't worry overmuch that al-Qaeda will bomb the Longway Planetarium (whose Classic Vinyl laser show begins today), but they can count on getting ill and .

• overabundance
• overmuchness
• superabundance
• too much

Quotes

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• JRR Tolkien in Times Online
  Tolkien wrote many such in his Old English imitations, as for instance in Éomer's epitaph for Théoden, "Mourn not overmuch! Mighty was the fallen . . ."
• Tony Blair in guardian.co.uk
  As Blair wrote, "socialism must ultimately appeal to the better minds of the people. You cannot do that if you are tainted overmuch with a pragmatic period in power."