Overflowingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

  1. Marked by an abundant or excessive quality that surpasses limits and leads to a state where content spills over or cannot be contained
  2. Demonstrating a level of fullness that overflows beyond boundaries in a manner that is profuse and uncontained
  3. In a way that goes beyond the usual limit, causing spilling or excess to appear

Etymology: "Overflowingly" is a simple formation: the adjective "overflowing" with the adverbial suffix "-ly" added to the end. "Overflowing" itself comes from the verb "overflow," built from "over" and "flow," so the word is a three-layer compound of a prefix, a verb, and a suffix. The suffix "-ly" turns an adjective into an adverb describing how something happens, so the word describes doing something in an overflowing manner. Because the construction is transparent, the word's meaning follows directly from its parts: an action performed to the point of spilling over, or with an excess that seems to spill beyond its container or limit. Its sense is essentially literal, extended from liquid overflowing a vessel to abundance of any kind.

Synonyms: exuberantly, profusely

Antonyms: conservatively