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Collocations for overly - adv.

Overly is used with these adjectives:
academic, ambitious, anxious, broad, bureaucratic, cautious, complicated, confident, conservative, critical, cynical, defensive, demanding, dependent, developed, dismissive, dramatic, eager, emotional, excitable, excited, familiar, friendly, generous, harsh, helpful, inquisitive, intrusive, large, long, negative, optimistic, pessimistic, polite, preoccupied, protective, reliant, restrictive, rigid, self-conscious, sensitive, simplistic, stressed, suspicious, technical, tired

Overly is used with these verbs:
influence, simplify

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