overliness
nounUK /ˈəʊvəlɪnəs/ · US /ˈoʊvəɹlɪnəs/
Etymology From overly + -ness.
› The quality or state of being overly.
1
Obsolete Carelessness, inattentiveness, negligence.
2
Obsolete A sense of superiority; haughtiness.
- VVould God ouerlineſſe and contempt vvere not yours, euen to them vvhich are mounted higheſt vpon beſt deſert; […]1610, Jos[eph] Hall, “Section II. The Answerers Preamble.”, in A Common Apologie of the Church of England: Against the Uniust Challenges of the Ouer-iust Sect, Commonly Called Brownists. […], London: […] [William Stansby] for Samuel Macham, […], →OCLC, page 4: