Lexicographical Neighbors of Overapt
Literary usage of Overapt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"... and the hopes of a complete and final victory over their natural rival and
enemy, as the two nations are but overapt to esteem each other, presented so ..."
2. The Collegians: Or, The Colleen Bawn, a Tale of Garryowen by Gerald Griffin (1906)
"... that you are a little overapt to take exception in matters of this kind.
And notwithstanding all that you have been saying against the polite world, ..."
3. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 by Frank Marshall Eastman (1922)
"He was a small man, with a quick, snappy manner, a little too suspicious of
wrong-doing by the opposing clients, and overapt to prefer a dozen small points, ..."
4. City Government by Commission by Clinton Rogers Woodruff (1911)
"We cannot claim Bessemer, Siemens, or Martin as ours, nor were we overapt to
follow them, as it took us a long time before we got fairly started in the ..."
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