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
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
influence, simplify