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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERWISE

overwise  [ˌəʊvəˈwaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERWISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overwise is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERWISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overwise in the English dictionary

The definition of overwise in the dictionary is pretentiously wise.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERWISE


clockwise
ˈklɒkˌwaɪz
coastwise
ˈkəʊstwaɪz
contrariwise
ˈkɒntrərɪˌwaɪz
counterclockwise
ˌkaʊntəˈklɒkˌwaɪz
dropwise
ˈdrɒpˌwaɪz
endwise
ˈendˌwaɪz
lengthwise
ˈlɛŋθˌwaɪz
likewise
ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz
nowise
ˈnəʊˌwaɪz
otherwise
ˈʌðəˌwaɪz
pairwise
ˈpɛəˌwaɪz
piecewise
ˈpiːsˌwaɪz
sidewise
ˈsaɪdˌwaɪz
stepwise
ˈstɛpˌwaɪz
streetwise
ˈstriːtˌwaɪz
sunwise
ˈsʌnˌwaɪz
unwise
ʌnˈwaɪz
widthwise
ˈwɪdθˌwaɪz
wise
waɪz
worldly-wise
ˌwɜːldlɪˈwaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERWISE

overwet
overwhelm
overwhelmed
overwhelming
overwhelmingly
overwide
overwily
overwind
overwing
overwinter
overwisely
overwithhold
overword
overwork
overworked
overwound
overwrest
overwrestle
overwrite
overwritten

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERWISE

airwise
altarwise
anticlockwise
anywise
be wise
bendwise
chequerwise
cornerwise
dexterwise
edgewise
flatwise
leastwise
longwise
mirrorwise
palewise
penny-wise
scissorwise
stairwise
taperwise
weather-wise

Synonyms and antonyms of overwise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overwise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERWISE

Find out the translation of overwise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overwise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overwise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overwise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overwise
570 millions of speakers

English

overwise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overwise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موسم منخفض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overwise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overwise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overwise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trop sage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overwise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overwise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overwise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overwise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overwise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overwise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overwise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Overwise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overwise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overwise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overwise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overwise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overwise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overwise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsept,
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overwise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERWISE»

The term «overwise» is used very little and occupies the 156.746 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERWISE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overwise

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERWISE»

Discover the use of overwise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overwise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Critical Companion to Robert Frost: A Literary Reference to ...
Included in West-Running Brook and used as an advertisement for the same volume, “Dust in the Eyes” focuses on a speaker who has apparently been accused of “getting overwise,” of being a know-it- all. The prescribed folk “cure” is to throw ...
Deirdre J. Fagan, 2007
2
Expository lectures
The inspired writer connects righteousness with wisdom, and sin with folly : Be not righteous overmuch, neither make thyself overwise. Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish. In his view the righteous man was a wise man, and the ...
Lewis Mayer, 1845
3
Ecclesiastes, a new tr. with notes by J.N. Coleman
Two reasons may be assigned, which demonstratively prove, that Solomon could never have admonished others ' not to be righteous overmuch, and not to be overwise :' — 1. To be righteous overmuch is impracticable and impossible, ...
John Noble Coleman, 1867
4
Ecclesiastes. A new translation, with notes, explanatory, ...
Two reasons may be assigned, which demonstratively prove, that Solomon could never have admonished others ' not to be righteous overmuch, and not to be overwise :'— 1. To be righteous overmuch is impracticable and impossible, ...
John Noble COLEMAN, 1867
5
A Commentary: Upon the Whole Booke of Ecclesiastes Or the ...
Neither make thy wemise-r these two are commonly joyned togc. ther, and he that is overjust, is usually too well conceited of his owne wisedome ; and he that makes himselfe overwise, is forth-e mostpart o. vermuch just, either in standing ...
Michael Jermin, 1639
6
The Creation: Is it Polluted by the Occult?
See also 9:11). This passage is speaking about maintaining a balance in the faith . To be over-righteous or overwise is to be putting into practice self-righteousness which is plainly obvious to everyone as being too spiritual (super-spiritual) and ...
David Carroll, 2004
7
The Viking Anthology: Norse Myths, Icelandic Sagas and ...
Moderately wise should each onebe,but never overwise:of those men the lives are fairest, who know much well. 55. Moderately wise should each one be, but never overwise; forawise man's heartisseldom glad, if heis allwise whoowns it. 56 .
Snorri Sturleson, Saemund Sigfusson, Saxo Grammaticus, 2014
8
Silas Marner By
In the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses—and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had their toy spinning-wheels of polished oak—there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or ...
George Eliot, 2014
9
Народне Српске Пјесме. Servian Popular Poetry, translated by ...
She still look'd on the green grass,'untrembling, While the maidens trembled as they whisper'd: “ O Militza! thou our fi'iend and playmate, Art thou overwise—or art thou silly? Thus to look upon the grass beneath us, And not look up to the ...
Sir John Bowring, 1827
10
Eat, Drink, and Be Especially Joyful: Thirty-One Meditations ...
But the Teacher warns me, ”Do not be overrighteous (self~ righteous fits me better), neither be overwise. There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins” (Eccl. 7:16a, 20). When I find my overrighteous, overwise ...
Richard H. Hagerman, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERWISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overwise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Duryea resident among LCCC dental hygiene grads
... Jamie Wolcott, Duryea; Briana Grimner, Shamokin; Summer Currier, Olyphant; Kim Krofchok, Ashley; and Nicole Overwise, Wilkes-Barre. «The Sunday Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
Dan Devine's Inarguable Power Rankings: Who matters most in the …
... anchor against LeBron in the post, and maybe help turn some possessions that might overwise end in finishes at the rim into short jumpers. «Yahoo Sports, Jun 15»
3
Stone Age mourners 'placed flowers on graves'
The flowers would have been colourful in an overwise drab environment and their appearance in the cave did not seem "natural." Maria Jose ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
Comcast Expands Home Automation To Retail Trailblazers
The platform is called OpenHome, because they work with partners, but in reality it is overwise closed. It's completely skewed towards dealers ... «Zatz Not Funny, May 15»
5
The First Students To Complete the College's Entrepreneurship …
Sarah Overwise is a liberal arts student at CCP, who will be transferring to Temple in the fall. She will be majoring in Advertising, where she can ... «The Vanguard, Apr 15»
6
Ron Mackenna: Porter & Rye , Argyle Street, Glasgow
The torches need to come on again for examination, call the gloom in this overwise nicely fitted out restaurant atmospheric, but the steaks are ... «Herald Scotland, Jan 15»
7
Closing Update: Stocks End Lower as Investors Cash In Some of …
Investor pocketed their 2014 profits Wednesday afternoon, dragging the three benchmark indices lower on the final day of an overwise ... «Nasdaq, Jan 15»
8
Uber, Lyft Grilled Over Privacy at NY City Council Meeting
Lyft did disclose that a third party holds users' credit card information for optimal security, but did not comment overwise. In an email following ... «Newsweek, Dec 14»
9
Poem of the Week / Some Scottish advice for Yom Kippur
... (and attributing) the verse from Ecclesiastes: “Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?”. «Haaretz, Sep 14»
10
SLICE OF LIFE: John's more than just talk
... stuff about a curry you like, but until you have a product and somebody gets nourishment out of that, then it is a curry, overwise it's just a word. «Northern Star, Jul 14»

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