- Overcareful
- Overcareful \O"ver*care"ful\ ([=o]"v[~e]r*k[^a]r"f[.u]l), a. Too careful. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Overcareful
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overcareful — index meticulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
overcareful — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
overcareful — overcarefully, adv. overcarefulness, n. /oh veuhr kair feuhl/, adj. excessively or unduly careful. [1585 95; OVER + CAREFUL] * * * … Universalium
overcareful — adjective Excessively careful … Wiktionary
overcareful — adj. excessively careful … English contemporary dictionary
overcareful — adjective excessively careful. Derivatives overcarefully adverb … English new terms dictionary
overcareful — /oʊvəˈkɛəfəl/ (say ovuh kairfuhl) adjective careful to an excessive degree. –overcarefully, adverb …
overcareful — adj. excessively careful. Derivatives: overcarefully adv. * * * adjective excessively or unduly careful • Syn: ↑too careful • Similar to: ↑careful * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : too careful • overcarefully … Useful english dictionary
stick-in-the-mud — {n.}, {informal} An overcareful person; someone who is old fashioned and fights change. * /Mabel said her mother was a real stick in the mud to make a rule that she must be home by 10 o clock on weeknights and 11:30 Saturdays./ * /Mr. Thomas is a … Dictionary of American idioms
stick-in-the-mud — {n.}, {informal} An overcareful person; someone who is old fashioned and fights change. * /Mabel said her mother was a real stick in the mud to make a rule that she must be home by 10 o clock on weeknights and 11:30 Saturdays./ * /Mr. Thomas is a … Dictionary of American idioms
