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Definition of Overconfidently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overconfidently
Literary usage of Overconfidently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Theater Classics by Samuel Atkins Eliot (1922)
"VENTIDIUS (overconfidently, to Cleopatra who stands, a pitiful statue) Now lay
a sigh i' the way to stop his passage! Prepare a tear, and bid it for his ..."
2. Hampton and His Cavalry in '64 by Edward Laight Wells (1899)
"The true explanation of the proceeding probably is, that Grant overconfidently
expected to hammer to pieces Lee's columns at Spotsylvania, ..."
3. Maria Stuart: With an Historical and Critical Introduction, a Complete by Friedrich Schiller (1895)
"... Melville asks her: — fühlst du dich stark genug, um jede Regung Der Bitterkeit,
des Hasses zu besiegen ? to which question Mary overconfidently replies ..."
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